Legitimation: Legitimation is the process of making something acceptable and justified. It can be used to describe the process of making a law, institution, or individual legitimate in the eyes of society, an individual or a group. See also Legitimacy, Legislation, Laws, Law, Rights, Society, Community, State, Justice._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |