Antonyms for legitimize
lɪˈdʒɪt əˌmaɪzle·git·imize

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1. legitimizeverb

   Synonyms:
   legitimate

2. legitimizeverb

   to make legitimate.

   Synonyms:
   legitimate

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1. legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatiseverb

   make legal

   "Marijuana should be legalized"

   Synonyms:
   legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimise, legitimate, legalize, legitimatise, legitimatize

How to use legitimize in a sentence?

1. Charles Santiago:

   This is an absurd move by the junta to try to legitimize their illegal power grab.

2. Suparna Gupta:

   It's not as if shutting them down stopped trafficking, but reopening them would legitimize it and give traffickers another reason to dupe and abuse women and girls, a majority of dance bars were doubling up as brothels, and we established a clear link between many rescued minor girls and these establishments.

3. Jonathan Mitchell:

   Worst of all, it [speculation of notable figures] provides fodder for the special educators, special education attorneys, ABA therapists etc. to legitimize their profits and to encourage the false hope and tears for toasted snow that so many parents of these children have.

4. Matthew Rycroft:

   The Russian draft ... does still talk about issues that do divide the Security Council so I don't see that having much prospect, it seeks to legitimize the authority of Assad.

5. Senator Richard Blumenthal:

   I urgently want to know how Apple and Google will assure that consumers' privacy interests are strongly balanced with the legitimate needs of public health officials during the coronavirus pandemic, a public health crisis cannot be a pretense to pave over our privacy laws or legitimize tech companies' intrusive data collection about American's personal lives.

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