legitimation
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See also: légitimation
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Medieval Latin legitimatio, legitimationem, from to legitimate, from Latin legitimus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
legitimation (usually uncountable, plural legitimations)
- The process of making or declaring a person legitimate.
- (obsolete) Legitimacy.
- c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- I am not Sir Roberts sonne, / I haue disclaim'd Sir Robert and my land, / Legitimation, name, and all is gone […] .
- The act of establishing something as lawful; authorization.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 231:
- Le Paige established a legitimation for the Parlement's authority which was part history, part romantic fiction, and part political wishful thinking.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
process of legitimizing
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
legitimation c
- an ID (ID card or other means of identification)
- a license (authority to perform a certain job or the like)
- läkarlegitimation
- medical license
Declension[edit]
Declension of legitimation | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | legitimation | legitimationen | legitimationer | legitimationerna |
Genitive | legitimations | legitimationens | legitimationers | legitimationernas |
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