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
Recent efforts by the far right to delegitimize the judiciary has amplified mistrust, says Dr. Barboza.
—Constance Malleret, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 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
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Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Recent efforts by the far right to delegitimize the judiciary has amplified mistrust, says Dr. Barboza.
—Constance Malleret, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delegitimize
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These findings invalidate many of the old assumptions about how humans evolved.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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Bisexuals are always being invalidated.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2026
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This time, the quarrel between state and Hamilton County leaders is about language, slipped into a lengthy bill, that would nullify rental cap ordinances.—
Jake Allen,
IndyStar,
11 Feb. 2026
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Boyle has ideas for observations that could support (or nullify) his theory, which is called the CPT-symmetric (charge-parity-time-symmetric) universe.—
Sarah Scoles,
Scientific American,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Delegitimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delegitimize. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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