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noun
The act of removing the legitimacy from something, or of making something illegitimate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: delegitimisation, delegitimization
Antonyms: legitimation, legitimisation, legitimization
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English legitimation English delegitimation From de- + legitimation.
