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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdiscréditer
Pronunciation / Transliteration: discréditer
"Le scandale visait à discréditer le politicien avant l'élection."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To harm the reputation or credibility of someone or something.
"The scandal was aimed at discrediting the politician before the election." - 2
To show that something is not worthy of trust or belief.
"The research was discredited after it was found to be based on flawed data."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'discrediting' originates from the prefix 'dis-' meaning 'not' or 'opposite of' combined with the root 'credit', which comes from the Latin 'creditum', meaning 'something entrusted to another'. The term evolved in the English language during the late 19th century to denote the act of undermining someone's reputation or credibility.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Discrediting" is said worldwide
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discréditer
Transliteration: discréditer
"Le scandale visait à discréditer le politicien avant l'élection."
diskreditieren
Transliteration: diskreditieren
"Der Skandal sollte den Politiker vor der Wahl diskreditieren."
discreditare
Transliteration: discreditare
"Lo scandalo mirava a discreditare il politico prima delle elezioni."
desacreditar
Transliteration: desacreditar
"El escándalo tenía como objetivo desacreditar al político antes de las elecciones."
desacreditar
Transliteration: desacreditar
"O escândalo visava desacreditar o político antes da eleição."
अविश्वसनीय बनाना
Transliteration: avishvasniya banana
"इस घोटाले का उद्देश्य चुनाव से पहले राजनेता को अविश्वसनीय बनाना था।"
使失去信誉
Transliteration: shǐ shīqù xìnyù
"丑闻旨在使政治家在选举前失去信誉。"
신뢰를 떨어뜨리다
Transliteration: sinloeleul tteoreudida
"그 스캔들은 선거 전에 정치인의 신뢰를 떨어뜨리기 위한 것이었다."
信用を失わせる
Transliteration: shinyou o ushinawaseru
"そのスキャンダルは選挙前に政治家の信用を失わせることを目的としていた。"
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