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Verb: delegitimize
  1. Make unacceptable, less legitimate or illegal
    "an attempt to delegitimize the democratic process"; "Without popular, positive representation, feminine lesbians will continue to feel delegitimized and isolated";
    - delegitimise [Brit]

Derived forms: delegitimized, delegitimizes, delegitimizing

Encyclopedia: Delegitimize