Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-legitimation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: self--le-git-i-ma-tion
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

7

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of legitimizing one's actions.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Sluiter examines a tension inherent in such scholarly works as lexica, scholia, epitomai, and commentaries: although the very titles of these works claim no more than secondary status, their authors engage nonetheless in a rhetoric of self-legitimation."

Etymology

From self- + legitimation.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does self-legitimation mean?: The act of legitimizing one's actions.
Where does self-legitimation come from?: From self- + legitimation.

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