"lawfully begotten, born of parents legally married," from past participle of Old French legitimer and directly from Medieval Latin legitimatus, past participle of legitimare "make lawful, declare to be lawful," from Latin legitimus "lawful," originally "fixed by law, in line with the law," from lex (genitive legis) "law" (see legal). Transferred sense of "genuine, real" is attested from 1550s. Related: Legitimately; legitimateness. The older adjective in English was legitime "lawful, of legitimate birth" (late 14c.), from Old French legitime, from Latin legitimus.
Thread title makes no sense and is grammatically broken — Wayfarer
Fixed, thanks — jamalrob
More broadly, means 'fixed in law' or 'recognised within a legal framework'. It can therefore be both a moral topic, and a political tool. To claim that something is illegitimate is to denigrate it, conversely, something 'legitimate' is authentic, genuine, or real. — Wayfarer
The title was not broken. It was written in that way on purpose — Gus Lamarch
You did not answer the topic's question — Gus Lamarch
More broadly, means 'fixed in law' or 'recognised within a legal framework'. It can therefore be both a moral topic, and a political tool. To claim that something is illegitimate is to denigrate it, conversely, something 'legitimate' is authentic, genuine, or real. — Wayfarer
Wrong. The original, «What it's "Legitimacy"», is nonsense. — jamalrob
It was not in a legitimate grammatical form. — Wayfarer
I would say that the term 'legitimacy' could be used and abused politically as an idea of entitlement, backed up within a legal framework. — Jack Cummins
Legitimation traditionally consisted of actions aligning with social and ethical norms, hence conformity with accepted religious interpretation and authority. — Pantagruel
I sincerely believe that you missed the point of the whole discussion Please, correct the title. — Gus Lamarch
Your asking 'what makes legitimacy legimate' is roughly like asking 'why does 1 + 1 equal 2? — Wayfarer
Not wasting any more time on this. — Wayfarer
However, it may be going the other way and perhaps the philosophers have fallen in love with the words and ideas which they speak, a bit like Narcissus gazing at himself in the water. — Jack Cummins
You forget that what makes this "fact" "real" is pure human communal interpretation and perception. Nothing guarantees that 1 + 1 = 2, other than our finding that "1 + 1 = 2". — Gus Lamarch
What it's the title supposing to means? — bert1
The names we give to numbers are ours but even without names nature doesn't change in such a way that I can ever add 2 apples together and get 3. — Benkei
So some people consider numbers and even wider mathematics as embedded in nature. — Benkei
"What Its Legitimacy" was a way of demonstrating that the legitimacy of something - even the vocabulary that we deem to be the "standard" - can be completely revealed to be empty by the simple misplacement of some letters, for it needs the subjective statement of others, and how the realization of the same can raise the fear of many when their truths are pointed out as wrong.
And I proved to be correct when they decided to "re-legitimize" their views on the vocabulary's own legitimacy, by changing the title without any respect for the discussion and my freedom of expression. — Gus Lamarch
I don't get your conclusion based on what I said. Why don't you walk me through the argument? You know, legitimise your reaction. — Benkei
The names we give to numbers are ours but even without names nature doesn't change in such a way that I can ever add 2 apples together and get 3. — Benkei
So some people consider numbers and even wider mathematics as embedded in nature. — Benkei
You know, legitimise your reaction. — Benkei
However, immediately afterwards you contradict yourself by claiming that the legitimacy of the absolute of reality can be questioned - in the point where "some people claim that mathematics is within nature" -. Your contradictory reasoning - even if it was not what you meant - — Gus Lamarch
I'm unfortunately not very well versed in the theory behind it but I do know it exists — Benkei
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