Legitimate vs Jacobinism - What's the difference?
legitimate | jacobinism |
In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements; lawful.
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Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
* (rfdate) Macaulay
Authentic, real, genuine.
(senseid)Lawfully begotten, i.e., born to a legally married couple.
Relating to hereditary rights.
To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.
The principles of the Jacobins; violent opposition to legitimate government.
As an adjective legitimate
is in accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements; lawful.As a verb legitimate
is to make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.As a noun jacobinism is
the principles of the jacobins; violent opposition to legitimate government.legitimate
English
Etymology 1
From . Originally "lawfully begotten," from (etyl) legitimer and directly fromAdjective
(en adjective)- legitimate''' reasoning; a '''legitimate standard or method
- Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate English classic.
- legitimate''' poems of Chaucer; '''legitimate inscriptions
Synonyms
(checksyns) * lawful, legal, rightfulAntonyms
* illegitimate, falseEtymology 2
Legal Latin, from legitimatus, past participle of (legitimo). See above for antecedentsVerb
(legitimat)Usage notes
* Forms of (legitimize) are about twice as common as forms of the verb legitimate in the US. * Forms of legitimate are somewhat more common than the forms of the verbs (legitimize) and (legitimise) in the UK combined.Synonyms
* legitimizeDerived terms
* delegitimateExternal links
* ----jacobinism
English
Noun
- Under this new stimulus, Burn's previous Jacobitism passed towards the opposite, but not very distant, extreme of Jacobinism . — J. C. Shairp.