Usually means: Making something acceptable or official.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word legitimization:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. legitimization: Merriam-Webster
  2. legitimization: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. legitimization: Collins English Dictionary
  4. legitimization: Wordnik
  5. legitimization: Wiktionary
  6. legitimization: Dictionary.com
  7. Legitimization: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. legitimization: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. legitimization: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. legitimization: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. legitimization: Encyclopedia

(Note: See legitimize as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (legitimization)

▸ noun:  The process of legitimizing, of making legitimate and/or legal.

Similar:
legitimation, legitimatization, legitimisation, relegitimization, relegitimation, delegitimation, delegitimization, legalization, officialization, legalisation, more...

Opposite:
delegitimization, invalidation, discrediting

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Similar:
legitimation, legitimatization, legitimisation, relegitimization, relegitimation, delegitimation, delegitimization, legalization, officialization, legalisation, more...

Opposite:
delegitimization, invalidation, discrediting



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