Delegitimate

Word DELEGITIMATE
Character 12
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˌdiːlɨˈdʒɪtɨmeɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Delegitimate"

What do we mean by delegitimate?

To cause (something) not to be legitimate; to make illegitimate, to illegitimize.

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The word "delegitimate" in example sentences

Qu (Danny) - Reagan's war on drugs had significant effect in US, so why does medical marijuana delegitimate change. gov? ❋ Mia (2009)

Too often this word merely invokes the ghosts of the McCarthy era to delegitimate any criticism of the hard left. ❋ Stanley Kurtz (2010)

Techniques that ‘alternative’ journalists use to delegitimate ‘mainstream’ or ‘institutional’ sources #23: craft a genealogy of torture that compares the Central Intelligence Agency to the Gestapo. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It is the job of the institutions of science (peer review, PhD granters, funders, etc) to filter real science from junk, the legitimate from the delegitimate. ❋ Unknown (2007)

France has never stopped trying to crush him and delegitimate him. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Thus the essay seeks to paint environmentalism with a universal brush, and delegitimate the entire movement. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Many in the academic community totally seek to delegitimate him. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This “truth” is generally agenda-driven and an attempt to delegitimate all other positions. ❋ LeBeit Yoreh (2009)

I have to say I have always been dubious about anyone's ability to delegitimate Fox (as if their "reporting" didn't speak for itself). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Again, I think there is an effort to make him a delegitimate president. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In fact, they use references to the anger of those opposing their product in order to try to delegitimate them when they refer to the "dens of resistance," "fury of emails," "fiery darts," and "crashing and burning." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Rove managed to link Iraq with 911 again, and to delegitimate the Democrats in the process. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Seeking to delegitimate Israel precisely as it moves toward peace. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It seems to me that the answer is that … the admission would threaten to delegitimate “too much” of American law ... ❋ Unknown (2006)

When and in what way do the powerful use members of the supposedly aggreived group to delegitimate criticism? ❋ Unknown (2008)

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