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delegitimize
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de·le·git·i·mize  (dl-jt-mz)
tr.v. de·le·git·i·mized, de·le·git·i·miz·ing, de·le·git·i·miz·es
To revoke the legal or legitimate status of: "Out of poverty sprout social instability and desperation, which delegitimize governments that declare themselves democratic" Oscar Arias Sanchez.
dele·giti·mi·zation (-m-zshn) n.
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The fact that existing institutions are unable to represent the interests of ordinary people delegitimizes the system, although the key targets of the protest are the leaders and functional elites of these institutions.
Responses to rapid social change: populist religion in the Philippines by Ruland, Jurgen / Pacific Affairs
Washington's view that Palestinian violence is the main problem delegitimizes the right to resist occupation and criminalizes all Palestinians everywhere, Andoni argued, adding that the Western tendency to blame extremists on both sides obfuscates the reality of occupation and apartheid.
U.N. conference on Palestinians emphasizes activism to "End the ... by Kelley, Elaine / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Legitimizing alternatives to marriage and the two-parent family no more reduces their legitimacy than granting equality to blacks delegitimizes whites.
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