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to derecognize

to derecognize

1 9.9
To take away official approval for a person, group, or organization
  • verb
  • /ˌdiːrɛkəɡˈnaɪz/
  • Formal
translation icon : desreconocer
  • There could have been some time saved, perhaps, if the Taliban had never been derecognized.

Examples

  • The organization was officially derecognized due to its failure to meet the required standards.

  • The government decided to derecognize the foreign ambassador after the scandal broke.

  • Additionally, the "aid boycott" resulting from Western efforts to derecognize Myanmar's military regime further exacerbated humanitarian problems, a 2005 article from The Irrawaddy reported.

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  • It is a familiar process for TCF, as the Judiciary derecognized the group in 2000 after a student alleged that she had been denied a leadership role because of her sexual orientation.

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  • After a series of human rights violations, several countries chose to derecognize the ruling regime.

Synonyms

to revoke
vsto derecognize
  • Formal
96 6.2

Officially stop something from being valid, for example a license

focuses on ending formal acceptance or recognition not legal validity
to decertify
vsto derecognize
  • Formal
4 7.4

To officially take away approval so officials no longer recognize a school or group

is broader ending formal recognition beyond certification

Antonyms

to approve
∞ 1.6

To officially agree to something or think that it is good

to recognize
  • Formal
377 1.4

To accept something as official or valid

Surface Forms

derecognize infinitive
derecognized past
derecognized past participle
derecognizing present participle
derecognizes third person singular

Morphology

derecognize = recognize (semi-transparent) = de + recognize

The meaning is fairly predictable as 'withdraw recognition', but in actual use it is usually tied to the formal official sense of 'recognize' in legal or diplomatic contexts.

Etymology

Derecognize begins with de-, which means 'remove', and the rest is recognize, a common word meaning 'to accept' or 'to officially know someone'. So, to derecognize is to take away official acceptance or approval.