Hailey Baldwin

The older supermodels sometimes don't agree with the fact there is a new generation of models. We're not saying we're supermodels. I'd rather people look at us as businesspeople, and, yes, modeling is our business right now, but we're not trying to take anybody's spot, and we're not trying to discredit the past.

American Model

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

What's so crazy is when you give interviews to reporters that don't really care too much for you, basically what they're going to do is write what they want to write and discredit you. They're going to write and say what they want to say, no matter what you tell them.

American Boxer

Corazon Aquino

If I fail to remove Marcos and vindicate the people's verdict by peaceful, nonviolent action, my methods will be discredited. And if anger persists, I will be marginalized, and others will take over leadership of the movement.

Statesman

Polykarp Kusch

If, on occasion, the knowledge brought by science leads to an unhappy end, this is not to the discredit of science but is rather an indication of an imperfect ability to use wisely the gifts placed within our hands.

German Scientist

Kali Uchis

When you're an artist, you're working, literally, for the sole purpose of art, and when people discredit you, it's probably the most disrespectful thing you can do.

Colombian Musician

Bob Latta

One of the things that was probably to Dad's discredit was that he was never a fund-raiser. But he didn't live in an era of TV ads.

American Politician

John Yarmuth

When your voice contradicts reality and truth, the only way to create space for it is to discredit reality and truth.

Gina Miller

No longer can a risk to human life be considered subordinate to blind and increasingly discredited ideology.

Guyanese Activist

Bryant H. McGill

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

American Author

Daniel Cormier

American Athlete

Using 'discredit' implies a harmful action against someone's reputation.

Negative Implication

'Discredit' often suggests a deliberate attempt to harm someone's standing.

Intentional Act

Something discredited is seen as less credible or trustworthy afterwards.

Credibility Loss

'Discredit' can be used to describe making people doubt the validity of something.

Undermine Trust

The effect of discrediting depends on context, such as in legal or academic settings.

Context Matters

Whether something is discredited can influence people's decisions and beliefs.

Affects Outcomes

'Discredit' as a noun reflects social consequences, like being ostracized or losing status.

Social Consequences

Discredit can sometimes be reversed if the person or idea is later vindicated.

Reversibility

 weighing patients immediately before and after death in an attempt to prove it. Though his experiments were discredited, much like the rest of vitalism, traces of his theory still come up in popular culture. But where do all these discredited theories leave us? What we now know is that life is not contained

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 further discredits the subject. Now if he had repeated the question in its entirety, or if he had peppered his account with a little too much detail -- and we're all really glad he didn't do that -- he would have further discredited himself. Freud had it right. Freud said, look, there's much more to it than

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 But even incorrect theories have their value. Discredited alchemy was the birthplace of modern chemistry, and medicine made great strides long before we understood the roles of bacteria and viruses. That said, better theories often lead to exciting new discoveries

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 and support policies they agree with. But partisan-based cognitive dissonance can lead people to reject evidence that’s inconsistent with the party line or discredits party leaders. And when entire groups of people revise the facts in service of partisan beliefs,

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 sought to discredit this theory because it challenged the legitimacy of their rule. In fact, the government actively encouraged historians to produce accounts that disputed the city's African origins. Over time, however, an overwhelming body of evidence mounted,

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 into the electoral college, into Congress, he didn't try to discredit the results in the press. Frankly, he didn't send his supporters out into the streets with protest signs or pitchforks or long guns. As soon as the court said the vote count is done,

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 But when your life has been touched by trauma, sometimes trying to find joy feels like an insurmountable task. Now imagine trying to complete that task while world leaders are discrediting your memories or the news media keeps erasing your experience,

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 the dominant narrative is not easy often there's a rust to tamp down the new story or to discredit it why because it's at odds with the story we all have an investment and believing one of the most powerful narratives we have in our

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 these scientists discredited an age-old theory and sparked a revolution that was incredibly beneficial to public health. But all of this raises the question, what are the widely held scientific beliefs of today

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 at the most I had no idea of the brutality the significance of the studies there were some who tried to discredit my observations because I was a young untrained girl I didn't care what anybody said