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legitimation
noun
(le-git-i-ma-tion)
the act of making lawful
Synonyms:
legalisation
,
legalization
,
legitimation
noun
(le-git-i-ma-tion)
the act of rendering a person legitimate
Examples:
He has filial rights because he obtained letters of legitimation from the king.
His parents' subsequent marriage resulted in his legitimation.
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regularisation
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identity
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legality
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laundering
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standing
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legitimisation
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legitimization
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cooptation
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filiation
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europeanisation
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neoliberalism
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institutionalism
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consociational
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teleology
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circumscription
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res publica
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subjection
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theorization
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monism
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reification
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ethnocracy
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subjectivism
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ascription
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irrationalism
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jacobinism
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christianisation
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unities
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effacement
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telos
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logics
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nominalism
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reactionism
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ethnos
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religio
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maritain
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reflexion
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gendering
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patriarchies
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regnant
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trichotomy
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millennialist
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incertitude
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propounder
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gaullism
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utopian socialism
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zionism
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particularism
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legalism
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legitimation
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