relegitimizev.
/ˌriːlᵻˈdʒɪtᵻmʌɪz/, U.S. /riləˈdʒɪdəˌmaɪz/ transitive. To legitimize again; to make legitimate or acceptable again.
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1934 [see relegitimized adj. at Derivatives].
1935 Hebrew Union Coll. Ann. 10 138 That the use of the lulab in the ritual of the Sukkot festival was subsequently revived, or rather relegitimized, is evidenced by the record thereof in the second Temple.
1966 Amer. Jrnl. Legal Hist. 10 289 Mary and Elizabeth were legislatively re-legitimized and returned in line for the throne.
1984 Listener 9 Feb. 27/3 The function of such an approach was to re-legitimise social conformity.
1995 Independent 14 Jan. 14/1 Traditional male pursuits have been relegitimised and recategorised as healthy male bonding rather than merely oppressive to women.
2007 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 June 14/2 The party had, in effect, relegitimized its guerrilla force.
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releˈgitimized adj.
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1934 Times 23 July 21 No effort has been spared..in exploring every possible avenue to ensure that the company secures an adequate share of this relegitimized, if not altogether new, market.
2001 J. Erickson in M. Buckley & S. N. Cummings Kosovo 234 A thoroughly modern ideology in the form of a ‘relegitimized’ theory of geopolitics.
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