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legitimating


Meanings
  • Verb

    Act of making something valid or legally authorized.

  • Verb

    Giving something or someone the right to exist or be considered legitimate.


Synonyms

legitimize
Rhymes
Words rhyming with legitimating
validating , certifying , authenticating
Variants
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legitimate , legitimated , legitimates , legitimating , legitimation , legitimations , legitimator , legitimators
Etymology
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From the Latin word 'legitimus' meaning 'lawful' or 'authorized'.


Trivia
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  1. The term 'legitimize' was first used in English in the 15th century.

  2. In some countries, a person who is born out of wedlock is said to be illegitimate, but in others, there is no legal distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children.


Related Concepts
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  1. Authorization: The process of granting permission or legitimizing an action or activity.

  2. Legitimacy: The quality of being valid or authorized, especially in the eyes of the law or society.


Quotes
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  1. … they are more concerned with the ways in which schools and colleges "legitimate" and maintain inequality than with the ways they devalue and restrict personal autonomy.

    - Christopher Jencks,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},15 Feb. 1976
  2. Poland has ceased being a nation with even a pretense of Communist rule, a rule that is "legitimated" by Marxist ideology.

    - Irving Kristol,{it}Wall Street Journal{/it},11 Jan. 1982
  3. Which comes first, the desire to "legitimate" euthanasia or the nullifying of a distinction between killing and allowing to die?

    - Daniel Callahan,{it}Commonweal{/it},2 June 2000

Culture
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In literature, legitimating is often used in the context of power and authority, such as a king legitimizing his rule or a person legitimizing their claim to an inheritance.

How to Memorize "legitimating"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a courtroom scene where a judge is granting permission or legitimizing an action.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word with the idea of making something valid or legally authorized.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the acronym L-E-G-I-T-I-M-A-T-E: Lawful, Expected, Granted, Inheritance, Making, Approved, Trusted, Established


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