LEGITIMIZATION Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

legitimization

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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 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, 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

Definition of legitimation

Noun

Future vehicles will also be able to check their electrical connections during assembly, potentially eliminating a final electrical validation step.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Florida Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky has called the consultant’s work an unfinished draft containing errors, inconsistencies, outdated information and data-validation problems.

— Matthew T. Christ, Sun Sentinel, 22 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

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