Associations to the word «Derecognize»

Wiktionary

DERECOGNIZE, verb. To choose not to recognize; especially, to choose to no longer recognize.

Dictionary definition

DERECOGNIZE, verb. Cause to be no longer approved or accepted; "Carter derecognized Taiwan in 1979 after the U.S. recognized the People's Republic of China".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky