as in to invalidate
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Recent Examples of delegitimize
Trump’s sinister achievement is to delegitimize the old intellectual and political establishment while at the same time cementing the racial hierarchies and regimes of repression that this elite exploited during the war on terror.
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Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Trump and his cronies have pulled out all the stops — short of arrests — to neuter and delegitimize legitimate journalism.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
This was no isolated outburst, but part of a broader effort to delegitimize conservative participation in academic life.
—Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
The language of these executive orders tries to delegitimize transgender identity and dehumanize transgender people.
—Tony Bravo, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2025
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Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Trump and his cronies have pulled out all the stops — short of arrests — to neuter and delegitimize legitimate journalism.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
This was no isolated outburst, but part of a broader effort to delegitimize conservative participation in academic life.
—Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
The language of these executive orders tries to delegitimize transgender identity and dehumanize transgender people.
—Tony Bravo, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delegitimize
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It will be used to invalidate our state laws and perpetuate a system of animal cruelty that predominantly serves the interests of factory farms.—
John Cleveland,
Boston Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
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Nearly 30 states have passed laws allowing hospitals to invalidate a pregnant patient’s advance directives.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
4 Apr. 2026
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The Leafs also had two go-ahead goals disallowed, an own-goal off Joel Edmundson that was nullified for an offside entry and a strike from Robertson because Toronto had too many men on the ice.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
5 Apr. 2026
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In 1992 a Nigerian bishop ordained three women as deacons, but the primate soon nullified those ordinations.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Delegitimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delegitimize. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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