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delegitimisation

delegitimisation is the alternative spelling of delegitimization.

Meaning of delegitimization

Noun

delegitimization (countable and uncountable, plural delegitimizations)

  1. The act or process of delegitimizing (delegitimating).
    • The very existence of these false allegations of rigged and stolen elections erode trust in the democratic process and are also likely to become the norm going forward, [Matt Masterson, who ran election security at the Department of Homeland Security between 2018 to 2020] added, because of a...2021, Ashley Parker, As Trump hints at 2024 comeback, democracy advocates fear a ‘worst-case scenario’ for the country in: The Washington Post, September 28, 2021
    Synonyms:
    delegitimation

Forms of delegitimisation

pluraldelegitimisations

Words that rhyme with delegitimisation

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Questions about delegitimisation

What is delegitimisation the alternative spelling of?
Delegitimisation is the alternative spelling of delegitimization.

Words near delegitimisation in the dictionary

  1. delegitimatising
  2. delegitimatize
  3. delegitimatized
  4. delegitimatizes
  5. delegitimatizing
  6. delegitimisation
  7. delegitimisations
  8. delegitimise
  9. delegitimised
  10. delegitimises
  11. delegitimising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: delegitimisation (page history and authors); delegitimization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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