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delegitimatize

delegitimatize verb: to delegitimize.

Verb

delegitimatize (third-person singular simple present delegitimatizes, present participle delegitimatizing, simple past and past participle delegitimatized)

  1. To delegitimize.

Forms of delegitimatize

third-person singular presentdelegitimatizes
present participledelegitimatizing
past participledelegitimatized
pastdelegitimatized

Origin of delegitimatize

From de- + legitimatize.

Questions about delegitimatize

What does delegitimatize mean?
Delegitimatize means to delegitimize.
What part of speech is delegitimatize?
Delegitimatize is a verb.
What is the past tense of delegitimatize?
The past tense of delegitimatize is delegitimatized.

Words near delegitimatize in the dictionary

  1. delegitimations
  2. delegitimatise
  3. delegitimatised
  4. delegitimatises
  5. delegitimatising
  6. delegitimatize
  7. delegitimatized
  8. delegitimatizes
  9. delegitimatizing
  10. delegitimisation
  11. delegitimisations

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