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Definition of Legitimize

Legitimize
Legitimize Le*git"i*mize (l[-e]*j[i^]t"[i^]*m[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Legitimized (-m[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Legitimizing.] To legitimate.

Meaning of Legitimize from wikipedia

- Legitimation, legitimization (US), or legitimisation (UK) is the act of providing legitimacy. Legitimation in the social sciences refers to the process...
- Jǐngdé Chuándēnglù), which contained stories of the past masters and legitimized Zen lineages. These texts could often be sectarian, favoring a specific...
- influence of heavy metal and progressive rock on the album helped to legitimize alternative rock to mainstream radio programmers and close the gap between...
- government restrictions on displays of the Palestinian flag as "an attempt to legitimize racism" by suppressing "a symbol of unity and resistance to Israel’s unlawful...
- bribing foreign officials and diplomats to promote its causes abroad and legitimize its elections at home, a practice termed caviar diplomacy. The Azerbaijani...
- are for personal, noncommercial use. The Directive was not intended to legitimize file-sharing, but rather the common practice of space shifting copyright-protected...
- son Mario's deportation to Sicily, physical appearance and desire to legitimize the Falcone family are all traits shared with Michael Corleone. In a flashback...
- United States. Works such as The Black Book of Communism and Bloodlands legitimized debates on the comparison of ****sm and Stalinism, and by extension communism...
- relics led to the creation of a new genre of hagiography that aimed to legitimize the actions that brought relics to their new homes; in these writings...
- Zhou rulers at this time invoked the concept of the Mandate of Heaven to legitimize their rule, a concept that would be influential for almost every successive...