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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin legitimatio, legitimationem, from to legitimate, from Latin legitimus.
Pronunciation
Noun
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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :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.
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Swedish
Etymology
legitim + -tion
Noun
legitimation c
- an ID (ID card or other means of identification)
- Synonyms: leg, legg
- a license (authority to perform a certain job or the like)
läkarlegitimation- medical license
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