Decertify

//diːˈsɜːtɪfaɪ// verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To annul the certification of. transitive

    "The American Medical Association (AMA) was formed in 1845 to gain for medical doctors a monopoly on legal licensure as health practitioners. The young AMA waged fierce (and quite successful) battles to de-certify the then-dominant natural healers — a range of herbalists, midwives, and homeopathic doctors."

  2. 2
    cause to be no longer approved or accepted wordnet
  3. 3
    To annul a labor union. transitive

    "As Sallas immediately said, the 130 scabs who so easily replaced the striking printers in '85 won't be foisted upon the union--to degrade it and possibly decertify it."

Synonyms

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derecognisederecognize

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"The American Medical Association (AMA) was formed in 1845 to gain for medical doctors a monopoly on legal licensure as health practitioners. The young AMA waged fierce (and quite successful) battles to de-certify the then-dominant natural healers — a range of herbalists, midwives, and homeopathic doctors."

Etymology

From de- + certify.

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