discredited
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of Discredit
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Burton sighed, laughed loudly, and said, "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.” Another fairy tale to give men hope. The old religions have been discredited - although some refuse to face even that fact - so new ones must be invented.”.
Truth is a discredited commodity among diplomats.
The extremists in his movement had discredited themselves thoroughly, and it would be a long time before the world heard of them again.
Perhaps one of the few positive aspects of the coup is that it has discredited the claim that that that the state had been taken over by the Brotherhood under Morsi.
The idea of reform has been discredited and came to an ultimate dead end. It was unthinkable that this regime could ever reform itself. There is no process of change that could come from within.
Generosity will be discredited if it is given in excess.