“The legitimation of the documents was necessary to prove their authenticity in the court of law.”

“Thompson enumerates a number of the strategies of domination, including legitimation, dissimulation, unification, fragmentation, and reification.”

“The effect was to confer a quite new level of political legitimation on Berlusconi.”

“Arnold argued for the legitimacy of his actions under a right to free speech.”

“Charles lost upwards of 100k subscribers as fans questioned the legitimacy of his apology.”

“The abolition of apartheid restored the legitimacy of the South African state.”

“The lawyer specialized in the legitimization of undocumented immigrants, ensuring their pathway to lawful residency.”

“It provides the legitimization of external sovereignty and some legal protection against aggression.”

“Jointly these represent the legitimization of environmentalism and its increasing relevance to policy domains.”

“I was taught that the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy delivered full democratic legitimisation.”

“Only then will these issues of legitimisation, transparency and monitoring be able to be satisfactorily resolved.”

“By this, I mean the erosion of a general belief in human dignity and in the promotion or legitimisation of values that are erosive to our democracy.”

“He's got this weird combination of roles and responsibilities that make him a kind of legitimizer, mentor, grim reaper, tutor, and grandfather.”

“As in Yeumbeul and Malika, UNESCO's role can be summed up as that of legitimizer and catalyst.”

“Mahcupyan, a renowned and skillful intellectual, is the secular legitimizer of the Erdoy-an regime.”

“The legitimacy of the document was called into question, casting doubts on its legitimateness.”

“In essence, therefore, African Renaissance education needs to put this legitimatization of supply and demand into correct perspective.”

“That we are not polemicists but rather the architects of our establishment that execute the legitimatization of our uncertainty concerning our values.”

“It is true that Hall isn't interested in racial legitimatization, but rather in provocative, groundbreaking, interdisciplinary historical methodology.”

“The sociological truism is that a societal order is shored up by its legitimations, which provide the defenses against its despisers.”

“Slave owners were actively involved in reconfiguring race after slavery, popularising new legitimations for inequality that remain part of the legacy of Britain's colonial past.”

“A Social History of Truth steps back to explore the deeper cultural legitimations of that phenomenon.”