Words and phrases that have a meaning related to legitimatize: (113 results)
Antonyms:
criminalize, illegalize, outlaw
Often used in the same context:
legitimize, legitimating, perpetuate, marginalize, institutionalize, subvert, relativize, undermine, coopt, communalise, politicize, disserve, entrench, secularise, sexualize, insinuate, circumvent, constitutionalize, islamise, illegalize, monopolize, ghettoise, criminalize, eternalize, assert, usurp, extirpate, europeanize, demythologize, preempt, aggrandise, disempower, arrogate, secularize, militarise, discredit, demonize, oppress, bureaucratize, subjugate, dehumanise, mythologize, christianize, commodify, circumscribe, foment, defang, counterpose, ghettoize, deprive, perpetrate, abominate, dehumanize, propagandise, moralize, stigmatize, depoliticize, discourage, sanctify, manipulate, thwart, quash, justify, reifying, suborn, traduce, communalize, inculpate, judaizing, valorize, suppress, vitiates, repress, codify, trivialize, distort, exculpate, eroticize, expiate, proscribe, emasculate, interpose, indoctrinate, impute, repudiate, disserving, analogize, besmirch, squelch, efface, militarize, malign, humanize, problematize, punish, invalidate, coerce, presuppose, denigrate, enfeeble, incite, depersonalize
More specific:
monetize
More general:
allow, countenance, let, permit
Synonyms:
Also try:decriminalize, legalize, legitimate
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