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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.

delegitimize, delegitimise [ˌdiːlɪˈdʒɪtɪmaɪz]
vb (tr)
to make invalid, illegal, or unacceptable crushing and delegitimizing all dissent in Central Asia
delegitimization , delegitimisation n


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Jawad also rejected criticism of the polls, saying that "if fraud delegitimizes the process, as of course it does, too much interference by outside or inside sources also delegitimizes the process.
Jawad also rejected criticism of the polls, saying that "if fraud delegitimizes the process, as of course it does, too much interference by outside or inside sources also delegitimizes the process.
Jawad also rejected criticism of the polls, saying that "if fraud delegitimizes the process, as of course it does, too much interference by outside or inside sources also delegitimizes the process.
 
 
 
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