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[TOMT] Word or term used to describe when someone debunks known confirmed facts (lemm.ee)

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For example the sun is real but Jimmy Bob tries to debunk it

What would the word or term for that be

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

If they successfully debunked it you could say they refuted it.

People sometimes use the same word to mean simply arguing against something (whether successfully or not) but I think the correct word in that case would be repudiate.

Also, to be picky, if something is a fact, it can't really be debunked. If it is genuinely debunked then it was never really a fact, even if people previously believed that it was.