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delegitimize

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de⋅le⋅git⋅i⋅mize

  [dee-li-jit-uh-mahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -mized, -miz⋅ing.
to remove the legitimate or legal status of.
Also, especially British, de⋅le⋅git⋅i⋅mise.

Origin:
de- + legitimize

Related forms:
de⋅le⋅git⋅i⋅mi⋅za⋅tion, noun
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de·le·git·i·mize   (dē'lə-jĭt'ə-mīz')   
tr.v.   de·le·git·i·mized, de·le·git·i·miz·ing, de·le·git·i·miz·es
To revoke the legal or legitimate status of: "Out of poverty sprout social instability and desperation, which delegitimize governments that declare themselves democratic" (Oscar Arias Sanchez).
de'le·git'i·mi·za'tion (-mĭ-zā'shən) n.
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