legitimatization
- noun
- /lɪˌdʒɪtɪməˈteɪʒən/
- Formal
:
legitimación
- Many activists are advocating for the legitimatization of cannabis to promote its medicinal benefits.
Examples
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Also, the working tactical alliance between the MPLA in Angola, the PAIGC in Guinea-Bissau, and Frelimo in Mozambique was itself a source of political legitimatization of the individual liberation movements in various circles throughout the world.
Academic text (1992) -
The new laws aimed at the legitimatization of same-sex marriage in the country marked a significant social change.
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In sum, from the 1920s through the 1940s, the state chose to repress rather than penetrate society in order to seek support and legitimatization.
Academic text (2000) -
The president's speech focused on the legitimatization of community efforts to combat climate change.
Synonyms
230
2.5
An official act that approves something and makes it valid
52
4.1
Making something allowed by law
1
6.0
Making something legal or accepted by most people
1
7.5
Giving someone legal status and rights, for example by law or marriage
Giving official approval or permission for something
Antonyms
How Legitimate
- Formal
50
2.8
- Formal
- US
52
4.1
- Formal
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7.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
legitimatization = legitimatize (transparent) = legitimate + ize + ation
The noun is a regular nominalization of 'legitimatize', and its meaning is directly predictable as the act or process of making something legitimate.
Etymology
Legitimatization comes from the Latin legitimus meaning 'lawful', the same root as legal and legitimate, and the ending -ization, which shows 'the act of making'. So, legitimatization is the process of making something officially lawful or accepted.