legitimation
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See also: légitimation
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English legittimacion, from Middle French legitimacion and its etymon, Medieval Latin lēgitimātiō, lēgitimātiōnem, from lēgitimāre (“to legitimate”), from Latin lēgitimus.[1]
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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References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “legitimation (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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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