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Verb: delegitimise
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: delegitimize)
  1. Make unacceptable, less legitimate or illegal
    "an attempt to delegitimise the democratic process"; "Without popular, positive representation, feminine lesbians will continue to feel delegitimised and isolated";
    - delegitimize

Derived forms: delegitimises, delegitimised, delegitimising

Encyclopedia: Delegitimise