Usually means: Undermining credibility or reputation intentionally.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word discrediting:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. discrediting: Merriam-Webster
  2. discrediting: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. discrediting: Collins English Dictionary
  4. discrediting: Vocabulary.com
  5. Discrediting, discrediting: Wordnik
  6. discrediting: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. discrediting: Wiktionary
  8. Discrediting, discrediting: Dictionary.com
  9. discrediting: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. discrediting: FreeDictionary.org
  11. discrediting: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. discrediting: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Discrediting: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Discrediting: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. Discrediting: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. discrediting: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (discrediting)

▸ noun:  The act by which something is discredited.

Similar:
disrepute, disgrace, disbelieve, discreditation, miscredit, disparaging, scandal, disreputation, denigration, blackening, more...

Opposite:
crediting, validating, affirming, endorsing

Types:
smearing, vilifying, defaming, maligning, trashing, slandering, more...

Phrases:
process of discrediting, act of discrediting, more...

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Similar:
disrepute, disgrace, disbelieve, discreditation, miscredit, disparaging, scandal, disreputation, denigration, blackening, more...

Opposite:
crediting, validating, affirming, endorsing

Types:
smearing, vilifying, defaming, maligning, trashing, slandering, more...

Phrases:
process of discrediting, act of discrediting, more...



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