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How to pronounce legitimation in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms legalisation, legalization
Type of group action
Derivation legitimate
Type Words
Type of human activity, deed, human action, act
Derivation legitimate


he has filial rights because he obtained letters of legitimation from the king.
his parents' subsequent marriage resulted in his legitimation.

Examples of legitimation

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Such verses were regularly cited as legitimation for legal judgments and advice.
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Such a monopoly, according to Weber, must occur via a process of legitimation.
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This probably served as a legitimation for the Dorian migrations into the Peloponnese.
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Another problem with legitimation schemes is that they're species-specific.
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There is evidence of both mild legitimation and pronounced polarization.
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It is not a self-proclaimed organisation without historical legitimation.
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Margolis emphasizes that legitimation is philosophy's principal task.
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The political legitimation of the walking dead is in question.
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Legitimation or legitimization is the act of providing legitimacy.
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More examples
  • The act of rendering a person legitimate; "he has filial rights because he obtained letters of legitimation from the king"; "his parents' subsequent marriage resulted in his legitimation"
  • Legalization: the act of making lawful
  • Legitimated refers to specific legal forms of authentication by the State. It may apply in regard to documents, where the authentication of an official such as a notary to a document to be used in international transactions will undergo the process of legitimation (a formal blessing of the ...
  • The process of making something lawful, proper or fitting
  • An action brought to prove paternity of a child.
  • The legal process which a natural father can use to acknowledge legally his children who were born out of wedlock (outside of marriage). A legitimated child can be a "child" under immigration law under these conditions:
  • The statutory procedure of legalizing the status of an illegitimate child. Such is usually necessary to assure inheritance rights to child.
  • The process in which a man acknowledges paternity and establishes a legal father-child relationship.
  • The act of giving the character of legitimate cbildren to those who were not so born.