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legitimatize

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le·git·i·ma·tize  (l-jt-m-tz)
tr.v. le·git·i·ma·tized, le·git·i·ma·tiz·ing, le·git·i·ma·tiz·es
To legitimate.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.legitimatize - make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized"
decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimise, legitimize
countenance, permit, allow, let - consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"
monetise, monetize - give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country; "They monetized the lira"
Translations
legitimatize, legitimize
vt → legitimieren; children → für ehelich erklären


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It means that on one hand, people see the morality of reciprocity as a handy way to legitimatize their resistance against the state; on the other hand, as in certain historical moments, the residents considered it a sustained moral source that ostensibly transcended individual interests, and united them to act collectively to address wider concerns.
From resistance to collective action in a Shanghai socialist "model ... by Ho, Wing Chung / Journal of Social History
The latter addition attempts to legitimatize the IRS's losing position in the context of intangibles cost-sharing arrangements, (32) and may engender further controversy.
Play it again, Sam--the IRS (more or less) finishes the section 482 ... by Lewis, Patricia Gimbel / Tax Executive
Thus, Japan's step-by-step colonization of Korea, first by turning it into a protectorate (1905), followed by annexation (1910), is put into the context of the Japanese empire's development of conceptual and linguistic tools to legitimatize its status as a colonial power.
Japan's Colonization of Korea: Discourse and Power by Kim, Kyu Hyun / Pacific Affairs
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