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legitimize verb authorize, confirm, constitute, deelare lawful, enact, legalize, legitimate, make legal, make legitimate, make proper, pass, ratify, sanction, validate See also: approve, authorize, constitute, establish, pass, sanction, validate How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Moreover, they see Islam as a powerful weapon for reform because it is the primary legitimizer for social customs and laws in Islamic societies. Here again, as a woman, she must slide herself behind a male protector or legitimizer. Government's role is as a legitimizer, a power broker to protect small companies from large ones, a provider of supplemental funds, a coordinator with other government policies, a socializer to spread the benefits to the community, an overseer to ensure that the project stays on track, and a defender of the clearly defined national interest that is to flow from the consortium's activities. |
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