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legalization en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From legalize + -ation. Piecewise doublet of loyalization.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The process of making something legal, the process to legalize, decriminalization.
    • The hippies marched for the legalization of marijuana.

Forms

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legalizations Number=Plur lexicographic
legalisation alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

illegalization

Deriveds

antilegalization · relegalization · overlegalization

Hypernyms

legal reclassification

Translations (29)

pt legalização (process of making something legal) · es legalización (process of making something legal) · kk заңдастыру (process of making something legal) · crh qanunlaştıruv (process of making something legal) · ru легализа́ция (process of making something legal) · mi whakamanatanga (process of making something legal) · he לגליזציה (process of making something legal) · uk легаліза́ція (process of making something legal) · id pengesahan (process of making something legal) · uk узако́нення (process of making something legal) · gl legalización (process of making something legal) · id legalisasi (process of making something legal) · fr légalisation (process of making something legal) · ca legalització (process of making something legal) · de Legalisierung (process of making something legal) · it legalizzazione (process of making something legal) · ja 合法化 (process of making something legal) · cmn 合法化 (process of making something legal) · sv legalisering (process of making something legal) · pl legalizacja (process of making something legal) · fi laillistaminen (process of making something legal) · ru узако́нивание (process of making something legal) · sw uhalalishaji (process of making something legal) · el νομιμοποίηση (process of making something legal) · crh qanunlaştırma (process of making something legal) · ko 합법화 (process of making something legal) · gd laghachd (process of making something legal) · ast llegalización (process of making something legal) · ru узаконе́ние (process of making something legal)