Definition of Legitimizer

1. Noun. One who, or that which, legitimizes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Legitimizer

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Legitimizer

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legitimisers
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legitimist
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legitimity
legitimization
legitimizations
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legitimizer (current term)
legitimizers
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legitims
legits
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legless
legless lizard
leglessly
leglessness
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Literary usage of Legitimizer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Culture of Violence by Kumar Rupesinghe (1994)
"When the triangle is stood on its "direct" and "structural violence" feet, the image invoked is cultural violence as the legitimizer of both. ..."

2. Participatory Development: Learning from South Asia by Ponna Wignaraja (1991)
"It has become the most effective legitimizer for the homogenization of the world and the erosion of its cultural and ecological richness. ..."

3. The Revolution in Military Affairs: Allied Perspectives by Robbin F. Laird, Holger H. Mey (1999)
"Fundamentalist Islam is both an internal and external problem for Western European States and a key legitimizer of keeping an Alliance with the United ..."

4. Research for Development in the Middle East and North Africa by Eglal Rached, Dina Craissati (2000)
"Although it has no governmental or official status, ARIP has emerged as a forceful legitimizer to both PNA and foreign donors. Emerging social issues in the ..."

5. Ethics and International Affairs: Extent and Limits by Jean-Marc Coicaud, Daniel Warner (2001)
"The state has never been, and is not today, the only "legitimizer". Sophocles's Antigone is an early, and very powerful, testimony of the drama of ..."

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