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LEGITIMATIZE

Dictionary entry overview: What does legitimatize mean?

• LEGITIMATIZE (verb)
The verb LEGITIMATIZE has 1 sense:

1. make legal

Familiarity information: LEGITIMATIZE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LEGITIMATIZE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Make legal

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

decriminalise; decriminalize; legalise; legalize; legitimate; legitimatise; legitimatize; legitimise; legitimize

Context example:

Marijuana should be legalized

Hypernyms (to "legitimatize" is one way to...):

allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "legitimatize"):

monetise; monetize (give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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