Synonyms for legitimize
lɪˈdʒɪt əˌmaɪzle·git·imize

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1. legitimizeverb

   Synonyms:
   legitimate

2. legitimizeverb

   to make legitimate.

   Synonyms:
   legitimate

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1. legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatiseverb

   make legal

   "Marijuana should be legalized"

   Synonyms:
   legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimise, legitimate, legalize, legitimatise, legitimatize

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1. legitimizeverb

   Synonyms:
   legalize, make legitimate

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1. List of paraphrases for "legitimize":

   legitimise, legitimatize, legalize, justify

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1. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

   The deal would legitimize Iran's illegal nuclear program, it would leave Iran with a vast nuclear infrastructure.

2. Senator Richard Blumenthal:

   I urgently want to know how Apple and Google will assure that consumers' privacy interests are strongly balanced with the legitimate needs of public health officials during the coronavirus pandemic, a public health crisis cannot be a pretense to pave over our privacy laws or legitimize tech companies' intrusive data collection about American's personal lives.

3. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio:

   This President is making a historic mistake, allies have differences, but allies like Israel, when you have a difference with them and it is public, it emboldens their enemies to launch more rockets out of southern Lebanon and Gaza, to launch more terrorist attacks, to go to international forums and de-legitimize Israel's right to exist. And this is what they're doing.

4. John Esposito:

   You appeal to religion both to legitimize what you're doing and to mobilize people.

5. Jonathan Mitchell:

   Worst of all, it [speculation of notable figures] provides fodder for the special educators, special education attorneys, ABA therapists etc. to legitimize their profits and to encourage the false hope and tears for toasted snow that so many parents of these children have.