German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German, from Latin cancellāre. Doublet of canceln.

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Verb

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kanzellieren (weak, third-person singular present kanzelliert, past tense kanzellierte, past participle kanzelliert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (obsolete) to cross out to make invalid, to cancel
  2. (neologism, occasional translation of English cancel) to exclude from society, to cancel
    Synonym: canceln
    • 2021 November 20, Oliver M. Haynold, “Der Fall Kyle Rittenhouse”, in Achse des Guten[1]:
      Rittenhouse wurde von den Qualitätsmedien und den höchsten Repräsentanten der Politik haltlos beschuldigt, von den sozialen Medien kanzelliert, von den Faktencheckern verleumdet.
      Rittenhouse fell victim to unwarranted accusations brought forward by fake news media and highest representatives of politics, being canceled by social media, libeled by fact checkers.

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