delegitimize

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de·le·git·i·mize

 (dē′lə-jĭt′ə-mīz′)
tr.v. de·le·git·i·mized, de·le·git·i·miz·ing, de·le·git·i·miz·es
To discredit the public or political recognition or support of.

de′le·git′i·mi·za′tion (-mĭ-zā′shən) n.
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delegitimize

(ˌdiːlɪˈdʒɪtɪˌmaɪz) or

delegitimise

vb (tr)
to make invalid, illegal, or unacceptable: crushing and delegitimizing all dissent in Central Asia.
ˌdelegitimiˈzation, ˌdelegitimiˈsation n
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So this is what the furore is about: delegitimizing Israel.
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RAMALLAH, Monday, January 14, 2019 (WAFA) - Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said the Israeli call to prevent President Mahmoud Abbas from returning back to the occupied Palestinian territories after his next trip abroad aims at undermining the Palestinian national project and delegitimizing the PLO.
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In a statement, UN Environment expressed its deep concern that Philippine authorities responded to the expressions of environmental and human rights defenders 'by criminalizing and delegitimizing their voices.'
If they can delegitimize the Founders themselves, it goes a long way toward their agenda of delegitimizing the founding principles of our nation.
The present study investigates whether mainstream news media discuss transgenderism in a legitimizing or delegitimizing manner, which will significantly impact both policy and public perception.
On Monday California Assemblyman Travis Allen (R-Huntington Beach) introduced a bill (AB-1552) that, if adopted, would prohibit state-run government entities from doing business with companies that engage in boycotts with a "person or entitybased on the race, color, religion, gender, or nationality." The BDS movement, said Allen, "use(s) false, demonizing, and delegitimizing propaganda against the State of Israel."
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