delegitimate

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delegitimate

/ˌdiːlɨˈdʒɪtɨmeɪt/ UK

verb delegitimates · delegitimating · delegitimated

transitive To cause (something) not to be legitimate; to make illegitimate, to illegitimize. Equally, the arguments delegitimate rival claims both from insiders […] and from outsiders seeking hegemony over the ‘national’ territory.
Similar: delegitimize

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@misc{delegitimate_2026,
  title = {delegitimate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/delegitimate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}