delegitimization
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From de- + legitimization.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
[edit]delegitimization (countable and uncountable, plural delegitimizations)
- The act or process of delegitimizing.
- 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[1]:
- 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 growing “cottage industry of election delegitimization and pre-delegitimization.”
Translations
[edit]act of delegitimizing
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