LEGITIMATION Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

legitimation

noun

Definition of legitimation

as in legitimization

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Recent Examples of legitimation 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

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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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The agreements Weber and the Devils landed in the aftermath of New Jersey’s legalization of sports betting became a model for clubs in other jurisdictions.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Amenábar’s film became a key force driving the legalization of assisted dying in Spain, and perhaps Almodóvar has just achieved something similar in New York.

— Vanessa Rampton, STAT, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of legalization

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Another is a lack of managerial formalization compared with other countries.

— Sally Percy, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Traditionally, mathematicians have had to translate their theorems and proofs into this machine-readable format by hand, a laborious process known as formalization.

— Benjamin Skuse, IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2026

Definition of formalization

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The series charts Combs’ rise and fall, including his founding of Big Boy Records in the 90s, which had a fraught rivalry with the label that signed Shakur, Death Row Records.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Legally untouched by the Bush-era crackdown, Abuirshaid and Bazian went on to create American Muslims for Palestine in 2006 and have been AJP Action senior executives since its 2021 founding.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2026

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