as in to invalidate
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Recent Examples of delegitimize
But objectification does more than just delegitimize.
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Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 13 Aug. 2024
But does the Republican nominee, who was convicted of 34 felonies, tried to delegitimize the criminal justice system (e.g., disparaging juries, threatening judges) and promised to free violent Jan. 6 insurrectionists, really want to go up against a former prosecutor on the crime issue?
—Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
And in the halls of the United Nations and many foreign capitals, Israel is demonized and delegitimized as the ancestral home of the Jewish people.
—Joshua M. Davidson, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2024
While Israel faces a cynical enemy that endangers its own people to delegitimize the Jewish state, the price of that full-throttle approach was already evident: the civilian death toll was mounting, Palestinians struggled to access basic health care, and there was a shortage of food and water.
—Eric Cortellessa/jerusalem, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
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Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 13 Aug. 2024
But does the Republican nominee, who was convicted of 34 felonies, tried to delegitimize the criminal justice system (e.g., disparaging juries, threatening judges) and promised to free violent Jan. 6 insurrectionists, really want to go up against a former prosecutor on the crime issue?
—Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
And in the halls of the United Nations and many foreign capitals, Israel is demonized and delegitimized as the ancestral home of the Jewish people.
—Joshua M. Davidson, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2024
While Israel faces a cynical enemy that endangers its own people to delegitimize the Jewish state, the price of that full-throttle approach was already evident: the civilian death toll was mounting, Palestinians struggled to access basic health care, and there was a shortage of food and water.
—Eric Cortellessa/jerusalem, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
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“Delegitimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delegitimize. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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