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

Noun

The 2016 Indy 500 winner conducted the maiden validation test, praising the car's exceptional build quality and predictable, rewarding handling.

— Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
The achievement provides important validation for the ZiaCore design and is expected to support the development of a new generation of compact nuclear microreactors.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026

Definition of validation

Noun

The most vulnerable are immigrants who have been in the country for decades, with no access to immigration legalization, Ortiz said.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
Nelson has been a longtime advocate for dozens of issues over the years, from marijuana legalization to economic assistance for farmers.

— Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 28 July 2026

Definition of legalization

Noun

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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