legitimation
Americannoun
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the act of making something legitimate or lawful.
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the act of granting a person the rights they would have held had their parents been married at the time of their birth.
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Derived Forms
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delegitimationnoun
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illegitimationnoun
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re-legitimationnoun
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self-legitimationnoun
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legitimativeadjective
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Example Sentences
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The crypto industry may now turn to sources of validation other than famous people, Yadav predicted — legitimation through regulation, for instance.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2023
La Voie Droite denied publishing such content, saying in a statement that "when we encourage Muslims to respect the texts, it is opposed to any type of threat or legitimation of violence".
From Reuters • Jan. 26, 2022
Earlier, Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt stressed that the talks were “not a legitimation or recognition of the Taliban.”
From Washington Times • Jan. 23, 2022
The aura of singularity and the auction house’s legitimation serve, transparently, to goose the price of assets functionally equivalent to Beanie Babies or CryptoKitties.
From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2021
But finally the weight of evidence and the general desire favored the usurers: they won the battle against socialism; and from this legitimation of usury society gained some immense and unquestionable advantages.
From System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
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