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legitimate 1. authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law 2. of, relating to, or ruling by hereditary right 3. of or relating to a body of famous long-established plays as distinct from films, television, vaudeville, etc. 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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| The United Nations often acts as a key legitimator in the international arena, but it does not and cannot command the hard power required to back up its resolutions. The literature thus is authorized by Moses, but it is distanced from Sinai, and so is, in fact, the earliest interpretive commentary on the Sinai memory, the earliest commentary that became the model and legitimator of all commentaries to follow. Science is the legitimator that allows sex educators to engage in smutty talk in front of children without being either fired or arrested. |
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