delegitimize

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

de- +‎ legitimize

Verb[edit]

delegitimize (third-person singular simple present delegitimizes, present participle delegitimizing, simple past and past participle delegitimized)

  1. To make something less legitimate.
  2. To make something illegal that was previously legal.

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