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be legitimised
verb
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A lot of the showbusiness people want to be legitimised.
"They should not be legitimised and it's making a sham of democracy".
Maybe that's why I did it – the need to be legitimised.
The prison, he suggested, is an institution set apart from normal society in which brutality can be legitimised.
And such power must be legitimised by democratising EU bodies and strengthening the European Parliament.How does Mr Hollande respond?
And unless that culture is overcome in favour of a more inclusive form of masculinity, male violence against women will continue to be legitimised.
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[Dialogue could] be legitimising the existing regime as the violence continues.
I felt that taking part in the referendum would be legitimising the whole endeavour," he explained.
But in that year surrogacy for gay couples was legitimised.
Intolerance and hatred have been legitimised across the western world.
A crucial question about participation is who is legitimised, willing and capable of representing particular collectives.
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