debunker

English

Etymology

From debunk +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈbʌŋkə(ɹ)/, /diːˈbʊŋkə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

debunker (plural debunkers)

1. Someone who debunks.
   • 2000, John Rothchild, The Bear Book: Survive and Profit in Ferocious Markets, page 19:

     Interest Rate Observer, and a debunker of U.S. stocks since the Dow was at 2,000, has appeared on Rukeyser's TV show, where he gets bear-baited: "World's going to hell again, eh, Jim?"

   • 2002 December 8, Scott Veale, “Word for Word/The Rendlesham File; Let There Be Lights: Britons Get One Less Thing to Worry About”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Still, something strange was afoot in Rendlesham, and even if the file is unlikely to satisfy either ufologists or debunkers, it suggests that the truth is still out there.

   • 2005 December 25, Michael Sokolove, “The Debunker”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[2]:

     Philip J. Klass belonged to the small and somewhat peculiar class of individuals known as debunkers.

Translations

Someone who debunks

• French: débunkeur (fr) m, débunkeuse (fr) f, démystificateur (fr) m, démystificatrice (fr) f

Anagrams

• bunkered

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English debunker.

Noun

debunker m (invariable)

1. debunker