LEGITIMIZATION Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

legitimization

noun

as in legitimation

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Recent Examples of legitimization 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

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Noun

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

Definition of legitimation

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The fact that the lights stayed on is being hailed by industry group Concentric Energy Advisors as direct validation of recent, heavy capital spending.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Sysdig said JadePuffer entered through an internet exposed Langflow instance by using CVE 2025 3248, a missing authentication flaw in the code validation endpoint that allowed unauthenticated Python execution on the host.

— Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

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The number of times Spain has previously undertaken mass legalization measures for immigrants living and working illegally in the country.

— Suman Naishadham, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
The number of times Spain has previously undertaken mass legalization measures for immigrants living and working illegally in the country.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 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

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