as in to invalidate
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Recent Examples of delegitimize
Expecting a transitional administration to deploy coercion risks delegitimizing it.
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Javier Corrales, Time, 2 Dec. 2025
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.
—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
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Javier Corrales, Time, 2 Dec. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delegitimize
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This week also saw big news from the quantum startup Quantinuum, and DARPA announced eleven companies advanced to the second stage of its quantum benchmarking initiative, which aims to either validate or invalidate the approaches taken by companies in the program.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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The issue is not me … Do not invalidate [Nia’s] experience by trying to shift the blame on her mother.—
Tanisha Bhat,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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As a result, much of the original's monotony was nullified, but what about the rest?—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
26 Dec. 2025
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If granted, those petitions nullify asylum-seekers' claims and clear the way for them to be deported to third countries, absent any appeals.—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
23 Dec. 2025
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“Delegitimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delegitimize. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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