disintermediate
verbEtymology
Back-formation from disintermediation.
Definitions
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.
- The rise of the Internet has allowed individuals in the dating market to disintermediate their friends, i.e. to meet romantic partners without the personal intermediation of their friends and family.
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