as in to invalidate
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Recent Examples of delegitimize
For Bourdieu, linguistic domination perpetuates societal hierarchies by conferring legitimacy on certain ways of speaking while delegitimizing others.
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Hec Paris Insights, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Nothing delegitimizes authoritarian leaders more than defeat.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Most recently, the Knesset’s ban on the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA’s operations in the West Bank and Gaza not only ensures a deepening humanitarian crisis but also aims to delegitimize Palestinians’ refugee status and claims to their original homes and lands.
—John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
She was forced to abandon her positive campaigning and concentrate instead on delegitimizing Trump as unfit and extreme.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 2 Nov. 2024
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Hec Paris Insights, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Nothing delegitimizes authoritarian leaders more than defeat.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Most recently, the Knesset’s ban on the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA’s operations in the West Bank and Gaza not only ensures a deepening humanitarian crisis but also aims to delegitimize Palestinians’ refugee status and claims to their original homes and lands.
—John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
She was forced to abandon her positive campaigning and concentrate instead on delegitimizing Trump as unfit and extreme.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Delegitimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delegitimize. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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