legitimation

/li,dʤiti'meiʃn/

Thân thiện

The king granted letters of legitimation to the young man.

Definition

Noun: 1. The act of making something lawful or valid: The process of officially authorizing, sanctioning, or giving legal status to something. 2. The act of establishing the legal legitimacy of a person, especially a child: The formal process of declaring a child born to unmarried parents to be legally legitimate, often granting them the same rights as a child born within a marriage.

Usage

• Legitimation is a formal term used primarily in legal, political, and sociological contexts.
• It refers to the process or act of conferring legitimacy, not the state of being legitimate itself (which is "legitimacy").
• It can be applied to governments, laws, actions, claims, or individuals.

Examples

• The new regime sought international recognition for the legitimation of its authority.
• The court's ruling provided the necessary legitimation for the new environmental regulations.
• In some jurisdictions, the father must file a petition for the legitimation of his biological child.

Advanced Usage

• Sociological/Political Legitimation: The process by which a governing power or social institution gains and maintains the consent and belief of the people that its rule is rightful and appropriate.
  • The ceremony was an important part of the king's legitimation in the eyes of the public.
• Legal/Formal Legitimation: The specific legal procedure, such as through a court order or subsequent marriage of the parents, that changes a person's legal status to "legitimate."
  • Her legitimation was finalized after her parents married and updated her birth certificate.

Variants and Related Words

• Legitimate (adjective): Conforming to the law or rules; valid, justified.
• Legitimacy (noun): The quality or state of being legitimate.
• Legitimize/Legitimate (verb): To make something legitimate.
• Legitimation Crisis (noun phrase): A concept in political philosophy denoting a failure of a regime's or system's perceived legitimacy.

Synonyms

• Authorization
• Validation
• Sanctioning
• Legalization
• Ratification

Antonyms

• Illegitimation
• Invalidation
• Rejection
• Disqualification

Học thuật

Noun

1. the act of making lawful
2. the act of rendering a person legitimate
   • he has filial rights because he obtained letters of legitimation from the king
   • his parents' subsequent marriage resulted in his legitimation

Từ đồng nghĩa

• legalization
• legalisation