Usually means: Loss of legitimacy or credibility.
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  1. delegitimation: Merriam-Webster
  2. delegitimation: Collins English Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (delegitimation)

▸ noun:  The act of removing the legitimacy from something, or of making something illegitimate.

Similar:
delegitimization, legitimation, legitimization, legitimatization, relegitimation, relegitimization, legitimisation, delegislation, delegalization, illegalization, more...

Opposite:
legitimization, validation, authentication

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Similar:
delegitimization, legitimation, legitimization, legitimatization, relegitimation, relegitimization, legitimisation, delegislation, delegalization, illegalization, more...

Opposite:
legitimization, validation, authentication



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