Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

refudiate

/ɹɪˈfjuː.di.eɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-fu-di-ate
IPA: /ɹɪˈfjuː.di.eɪt/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To repudiate, to oppose.

Example Sentences

"Blends are the simplest kind of slip of the tongue […] some examples […] "refudiating" (refuting + repudiating)."
"[…] their articles were read to determine whether the citation was to substantiate or refudiate the initial claim or was it a "quote of acceptance"."
"‘Captain Blip? Never,’ he said, without ceasing to calculate. ‘I refudiate that.’ ‘You what?’ Jane felt suddenly cold all over. ‘There’s no such word, Denny.’"
"The value of given data can and must be judged regardless of the hypothesis they are supposed to support or refudiate."
"I am going to do everything I can along with the Chairman to see this Congress refudiate the certification of certain countries that are not complying."
"a. 2008, Alan Moore writes in the subsection, Dr. Manhattan: Super-powers and the Superpowers, pg. iii, of Chapter IV, in Watchmen The suggestion that the presence of a superhuman has inclined the world more towards peace is refudiated by the sharp increase in both Russian and American nuclear stockpiles since the advent of Dr. Manhattan."

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.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɹɪˈfjuː.di.eɪt/
British English: /ɹɪˈfjuː.di.eɪt/

Inflected Forms

refudiates (present, singular) refudiating (participle, present) refudiated (participle, past) refudiated (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce refudiate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈfjuː.di.eɪt/.
What does refudiate mean?: To repudiate, to oppose.
Where does refudiate come from?: 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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