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
That’s a determination only history can make, but I’d observe that the time between a new work’s creation, digital dissemination, purchase and resale has become so compressed that the old legitimation mechanisms simply cannot function.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2022
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
“It’s a way we get legitimation for the process whereby we figure stuff out in science.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2019
Prescription is as strong a ground of legitimation in a case of this nature as it is in law.
From Autobiographical Sketches by De Quincey, Thomas
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