as in to invalidate
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Recent Examples of delegitimize
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and others used this access to delegitimize every part of the proceeding, calling the trial a sham, questioning witnesses’ credibility, and accusing Merchan of bias.
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Richard Robbins, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
Office of the Director of National Intelligence spokesperson Lauren Frost referred PolitiFact to its Oct. 22 analysis, which said the intelligence community expects foreign actors to continue influence activities until the inauguration, aiming to delegitimize U.S. democracy.
—Loreben Tuquero, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Nov. 2024
Concerning Israel, other states should direct their political, economic, and diplomatic leverage at toward stopping the country from degrading the little Palestinian capacity that remains without stoking Israeli fears that their country will be delegitimized outright.
—Shira Efron, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2024
For Bourdieu, linguistic domination perpetuates societal hierarchies by conferring legitimacy on certain ways of speaking while delegitimizing others.
—Hec Paris Insights, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Richard Robbins, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
Office of the Director of National Intelligence spokesperson Lauren Frost referred PolitiFact to its Oct. 22 analysis, which said the intelligence community expects foreign actors to continue influence activities until the inauguration, aiming to delegitimize U.S. democracy.
—Loreben Tuquero, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Nov. 2024
Concerning Israel, other states should direct their political, economic, and diplomatic leverage at toward stopping the country from degrading the little Palestinian capacity that remains without stoking Israeli fears that their country will be delegitimized outright.
—Shira Efron, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2024
For Bourdieu, linguistic domination perpetuates societal hierarchies by conferring legitimacy on certain ways of speaking while delegitimizing others.
—Hec Paris Insights, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Delegitimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delegitimize. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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