legitimation

noun

Definition of legitimationnext
as in legitimization

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Recent Examples of legitimation In this way, modern Druidry represents an example of how practitioners of new religious movements look to the distant past as a source for meaning, inspiration, and legitimation. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026 In August 2025, attorneys filed an emergency petition for legitimation and custody in DeKalb County Superior Court. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025 As such, placing Israel first actually can be understood as a legitimation of Israel’s violence. — Esther Brito Ruiz, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legitimation
  1. legitimization
  2. validation
  3. legalization
  4. formalization
  5. founding
Noun
  • Acknowledging that most civil law now permits legitimization after the fact, some jurisdictions still discriminate against a child born out of wedlock.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Live Aid was the final step in the legitimization of MTV.
    — tom freston, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2025
Definition of legitimization
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  • Such deployments would require validation against facility-specific radiation levels and safety requirements.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The validation panel flagged two unsupported minima (areas that could need additional support as the print develops).
    — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of validation
Noun
  • Any limited legalization process should require a clean criminal record, payment of taxes and penalties, and compliance with our laws.
    — WCCO Staff, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • And a Federal Reserve Bank of New York study found that credit card delinquencies among sports bettors under 40 jumped 26% after legalization.
    — Shae Lake, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of legalization
Noun
  • There’s a lot of, that’s right, formalization that goes into these arguments.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The private office should name that plainly than suggest formalization is costless.
    — Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of formalization
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  • Cates said RayZyn has processed over 1,000 tons of grapes from various California wine regions since its founding.
    — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Events began in Oakland on Thursday to mark 60 years since the founding of the Black Panther Party.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
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“Legitimation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legitimation. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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