Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disintermediate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-in-ter-me-di-ate
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To carry out disintermediation, to remove another from intermediation.

Example Sentences

"High-profile ventures like Amazon.com, Dell, and E*Trade helped to hype the Internet as the means to disintermediate, or cut out the middlemen. The theory was that these indirect channels weren't necessary anymore."
"The rise of the Internet has allowed individuals in the dating market to disintermediate their friends, i.e. to meet romantic partners without the personal intermediation of their friends and family."

Etymology

Back-formation from disintermediation.

Inflected Forms

disintermediates (present, singular) disintermediating (participle, present) disintermediated (participle, past) disintermediated (past)

Questions

What does disintermediate mean?: To carry out disintermediation, to remove another from intermediation.
Where does disintermediate come from?: Back-formation from disintermediation.

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