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How to pronounce legitimise in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimize
Type of allow, countenance, let, permit
Has types monetise, monetize

Examples of legitimise

legitimise
The is can be used to legitimise your poll results without the biased questions.
From the dailymercury.com.au
Equivocation on this point serves only to legitimise Turkish government denial.
From the economist.com
I don't mean to trivialise, but in whose eyes does this legitimise him at all?
From the guardian.co.uk
The judges might then legitimise this legally dubious step-or so it is argued.
From the economist.com
The rest of the region, led by Brazil, says that this would legitimise a coup.
From the economist.com
Thus their monarchies don't legitimise whatever class divisions they may have.
From the guardian.co.uk
The second is a conviction that what Apple has done is to legitimise a new format.
From the guardian.co.uk
Part of an attempt to legitimise the private rented sector 15 years ago, it failed.
From the guardian.co.uk
A referendum would legitimise the withdrawal plan and isolate its opponents.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • Legalize: make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized"
  • Legitimation is the act of providing legitimacy. Legitimation in the social sciences refers to the whereby an act, process, or ideology becomes legitimate by its attachment to norms and values within in given society. ...
  • Alternative form of legitimize