disintermediate

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disintermediate

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Back-formation from disintermediation.

verb disintermediates · disintermediating · disintermediated

  1. ambitransitive To carry out disintermediation, to remove another from intermediation. High-profile ventures like Amazon.com, Dell, and E*Trade helped to hype the Internet as the means to disintermediate, or cut out the middlemen. The theory was that these indirect channels weren't necessary anymore.

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verb to carry out disintermediation

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@misc{disintermediate_2026,
  title = {disintermediate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disintermediate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}