Refudiate
//ɹɪˈfjuː.di.eɪt// verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To repudiate, to oppose. nonstandard
"Blends are the simplest kind of slip of the tongue […] some examples […] "refudiating" (refuting + repudiating)."
Synonyms
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More examples"Blends are the simplest kind of slip of the tongue […] some examples […] "refudiating" (refuting + repudiating)."
Etymology
Blend of refute + repudiate. Often associated with Sarah Palin's infamous 2010 lapsus linguae. A few rare attestations predate the 1970s. Since then the word has been uncommon although not rare, but many written occurrences of the word focus on prescriptively repudiating its use; it remains nonstandard.
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