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deplatform

Syllables: de·plat·formUS/diˈplætfɔɹm/

deplatform verb: to prevent someone from using a platform to express their opinion.

Verb

deplatform (third-person singular simple present deplatforms, present participle deplatforming, simple past and past participle deplatformed)

  1. (formal, transitive) To prevent someone from using a platform to express their opinion.
    • The Western trend to deplatform or disinvite campus speakers, whose views are considered objectionable, is in full swing.2017, Barry R. Harker, It’s Sunday in America, →ISBN, page 28
    • In 2017, The Daily Stormer was at the center of a new effort to deplatform the extreme elements of the Alt-Right from the Internet.2018, George Hawley, The Alt-Right, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125
    Antonyms:
    replatform

Examples of deplatform in a sentence

  • Defame, demonetize, and deplatform is their M.O.2019, Mark Dice, The Liberal Media Industrial Complex, Mark Dice, →ISBN:
  • Other than that, you can post what you want, the site advertises, “without fear of being ‘deplatformed’ for your views.”2020 November 12, Arielle Pardes, “Inside Parler, the Right's Favorite 'Free Speech' App”, in Wired, →ISSN:
  • Consider the decision of Facebook and Twitter to “deplatform” Trump after he helped inspire the violent insurrection at the U.S.2022 March 8, Richard L. Hasen, “How Supreme Court Radicalism Could Threaten Democracy Itself”, in Slate:
  • “I didn’t bring a list of conservatives to denounce and deplatform,” Mr.2025 December 21, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, quoting JD Vance, “Vance Refuses to Take Sides in G.O.P. Fight Over Bigotry”, in The New York Times...

Synonyms of deplatform

Antonyms

Forms of deplatform

third-person singular presentdeplatforms
present participledeplatforming
past participledeplatformed
pastdeplatformed

Origin of deplatform

From de- + platform.

Questions about deplatform

What does deplatform mean?
Deplatform means to prevent someone from using a platform to express their opinion.
How do you use deplatform in a sentence?
Defame, demonetize, and deplatform is their M.O.
What part of speech is deplatform?
Deplatform is a verb.
How do you pronounce deplatform?
Deplatform is pronounced /diˈplætfɔɹm/ (US).
What is the past tense of deplatform?
The past tense of deplatform is deplatformed.

Words near deplatform in the dictionary

  1. deplanting
  2. deplants
  3. deplasticized
  4. deplastified
  5. deplastify
  6. deplatform
  7. deplatformed
  8. deplatforming
  9. deplatformings
  10. deplatforms
  11. depledge

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