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    legitimize
    /lɪˈdʒɪtɪmʌɪz/

    verb

    • 1. make legitimate: "voters legitimize the government through the election of public officials"

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  2. www.britannica.com › topic › democracyThe legitimacy of government - Encyclopedia Britannica

    Jun 28, 2024 · From these and other premises Locke draws the conclusion that political society—i.e., government—insofar as it is legitimate, represents a social contract among those who have “consented to make one Community or Government…wherein the Majority have a right to act and conclude the rest.”

  3. library.fiveable.me › ap-comp-gov › unit-1Political Legitimacy - AP Comp Gov Study Guide 2024 | Fiveable

    Jun 18, 2024 · Legitimacy is when a government's constituents believe their government has the right to use power in the way it does. Legitimacy is important in both authoritarian 👑regimes and democratic 🙋🏾‍♀️regimes! Sources of Legitimacy. Now that we have a definition, we need to understand where this legitimacy comes from.

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  5. library.fiveable.me › intro-to-poli-sci › unit-13Contemporary Government Regimes: Power, Legitimacy, and ...

    Jun 18, 2024 · Legitimacy signifies the belief that a government's power and authority are rightful and deserved, based on factors such as: Legal-rational legitimacy stems from adherence to established laws and procedures (constitutions, due process) Traditional legitimacy.

  6. oxfordre.com › communication › displayPolitics of Translation and Interpretation in International ...

    4 days ago · Translators traditionally claim an invisible, passive, conduit role to legitimize their work. It is assumed that the translator role is akin to a bureaucratic function. Translators may not alter the contents of business conversations and contracts, diplomatic exchanges, literature, or religious texts.

  7. academic.oup.com › monist › article-abstractDecolonizing “Decolonization” and Knowledge Production beyond ...

    Jun 17, 2024 · Such material utility turns decolonial scholarship into a neoliberal commodity, something to be sold, bought, or used to reinforce or legitimize one’s position. Sometimes, a non-Western scholar is added to the lot as a token of legitimation but, all in all, the practice of what has become a decolonial industry is the most systematic expression of epistemic imperialism.

  8. missoulacurrent.com › viewpoint-property-lawViewpoint: Property law, settler-colonialism, and the Vatican

    1 day ago · Property: The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing; ownership. In the beginning of the world, the Creator gave to man dominion over the earth, over the fish of the sea and the fowls of the air, and over every living thing. This is the foundation of man's property in the earth…. Prior occupancy of land and of wild ...

  9. helpfulprofessor.com › traditional-authority-examples11 Traditional Authority Examples (Max Weber Sociology)

    Jun 17, 2024 · The third kind is charismatic authority, where neither laws nor customs legitimize domination, but rather authority is tied to the leader’s charismatic traits that legitimize domination over others.