transcription, транскрипция: [ lɪdʒɪtɪmaɪz ]
( legitimizes, legitimizing, legitimized)
Note: The spellings 'legitimise' in British English, and 'legitimatize' in American English are also used.
To legitimize something, especially something bad, means to officially allow it, approve it, or make it seem acceptable. ( FORMAL )
They will accept no agreement that legitimizes the ethnic division of the country...
= sanction
VERB : V n