"legalization" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: legalizations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: legalize + -ation Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|legalize|ation}} legalize + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} legalization (countable and uncountable, plural legalizations)
  1. The process of making something legal, the process to legalize, decriminalization. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: legalisation Hypernyms: legal reclassification Translations (process of making something legal): llegalización [feminine] (Asturian), legalització [feminine] (Catalan), 合法化 (héfǎhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), qanunlaştıruv (Crimean Tatar), qanunlaştırma (Crimean Tatar), laillistaminen (Finnish), légalisation [feminine] (French), legalización [feminine] (Galician), Legalisierung [feminine] (German), νομιμοποίηση (nomimopoíisi) (Greek), לגליזציה (legalizátsya) [feminine] (Hebrew), pengesahan (Indonesian), legalisasi (Indonesian), legalizzazione [feminine] (Italian), 合法化 (gōhōka) (alt: ごうほうか) (Japanese), заңдастыру (zañdastyru) (Kazakh), 합법화 (hapbeophwa) (alt: 合法化) (Korean), whakamanatanga (Maori), legalizacja [feminine] (Polish), legalização [feminine] (Portuguese), легализа́ция (legalizácija) [feminine] (Russian), узаконе́ние (uzakonénije) [neuter] (Russian), узако́нивание (uzakónivanije) [neuter] (Russian), legalización [feminine] (Spanish), uhalalishaji (Swahili), legalisering [common-gender] (Swedish), легаліза́ція (lehalizácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), узако́нення (uzakónennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)

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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The hippies marched for the legalization of marijuana."
        }
      ],
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          "code": "ast",
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          "sense": "process of making something legal",
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          "sense": "process of making something legal",
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          "sense": "process of making something legal",
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          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "process of making something legal",
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          "sense": "process of making something legal",
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          "sense": "process of making something legal",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "process of making something legal",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Legalisierung"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "nomimopoíisi",
          "sense": "process of making something legal",
          "word": "νομιμοποίηση"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "legalizátsya",
          "sense": "process of making something legal",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "לגליזציה"
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        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "process of making something legal",
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        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "process of making something legal",
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "process of making something legal",
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          ],
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          "alt": "ごうほうか",
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          "sense": "process of making something legal",
          "word": "合法化"
        },
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "zañdastyru",
          "sense": "process of making something legal",
          "word": "заңдастыру"
        },
        {
          "alt": "合法化",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
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          "sense": "process of making something legal",
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "process of making something legal",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "process of making something legal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "process of making something legal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "legalizácija",
          "sense": "process of making something legal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "process of making something legal",
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          ],
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "process of making something legal",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "process of making something legal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "process of making something legal",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "process of making something legal",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "lehalizácija",
          "sense": "process of making something legal",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "легаліза́ція"
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          "sense": "process of making something legal",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "note": "sự hợp pháp hoá (sự + 合法化)",
          "sense": "process of making something legal"
        }
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    }
  ],
  "word": "legalization"
}
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        {
          "text": "The hippies marched for the legalization of marijuana."
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llegalización"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "legalització"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "héfǎhuà",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "word": "合法化"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "word": "qanunlaştıruv"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "word": "qanunlaştırma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "word": "laillistaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "légalisation"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "legalización"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Legalisierung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nomimopoíisi",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "word": "νομιμοποίηση"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "legalizátsya",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "לגליזציה"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "word": "pengesahan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "word": "legalisasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "legalizzazione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ごうほうか",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gōhōka",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "word": "合法化"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "zañdastyru",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "word": "заңдастыру"
    },
    {
      "alt": "合法化",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hapbeophwa",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "word": "합법화"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "word": "whakamanatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "legalizacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "legalização"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "legalizácija",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "легализа́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uzakonénije",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "узаконе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uzakónivanije",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "узако́нивание"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "legalización"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "word": "uhalalishaji"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "legalisering"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lehalizácija",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "легаліза́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "uzakónennja",
      "sense": "process of making something legal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "узако́нення"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "note": "sự hợp pháp hoá (sự + 合法化)",
      "sense": "process of making something legal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "legalization"
}

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