legitimatizationn.
/lᵻˌdʒɪtᵻmətʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ləˌdʒɪdəmədəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ləˌdʒɪdəməˌtaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ rare.
= legitimization n.
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society > law > rule of law > [noun] > legitimation or legalization
authorization1472
authorizementc1475
legitimating1606
legitimation1660
legalization1704
legitimatization1831
decriminalization1945
1831 S. Bentley Excerpta Historica 154 The King..,for the honour of his blood..hath..enabled..his said brothers and sister, muliers, and also pronounced and published the..legitimatization [Fr. legitimacioun] according to the form of the King's charter thereof made.
1853 J. J. Jarves Parisian Sights & French Princ. viii. 160 [The society] had succeeded in procuring the legitimatization of seventeen thousand children.
1912 L. R. H. Baker Race Improvem. iv. 41 The legitimatisation..of the illegitimate seems..a necessary..duty of the State.
1977 Jrnl. Developing Areas 11 549 What appeared to be ‘theory’ derived from Lugard's later writings..and constituted no more than a legitimatization of British over-rule.
2005 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) (Nexis) 1 Sept. (Weekend section) It..came at a time when jazz music needed a little legitimatization and a little bit of respect in the larger community.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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