Definition of "delegitimization"

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, added, because of a growing “cottage industry of election delegitimization and pre-delegitimization.”

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