legitimizing a statement Synonym

Satz, Lehrsatz, Behauptung, Lehrmeinung, Prinzip, Axiom, Postulat, These, Annahme, Grundsatz, Regel, Gesetz, Dogma, Lehrgebäude [x]

articulate, enunciate, pronounce, say, state, express, vocalize, verbalize, utter, declare, announce, detail, specify, elucidate, clarify, explain, expound, delineate, describe, communicate, convey, reveal, manifest, disclose, divulge, broadcast, proclaim, narrate, recount, recite, iterate, repeat [x]

approval, confirmation, endorsement, validation, sanction, authorization, acceptance, consent, agreement, assent, affirmation, recognition, acknowledgment, formalization, legitimization, enactment, passage, adoption, establishment, institution, certification, corroboration, verification, substantiation, support, backing, seal, imprimatur, nod, go-ahead, green light [x]

term, expression, phrase, lexeme, vocable, locution, utterance, appellation, designation, name, title, label, moniker, tag, handle, denomination, epithet, sobriquet, byname, cognomen, nomenclature, identifier, signifier, token, symbol, representation, unit, element, component, item, entry, article, entity, instance, occurrence, example, sample, specimen, case, illustration, manifestation, form, version, variant, type, kind, sort, category, class, genre [x]

confirmations, validations, authentications, corroborations, substantiations, endorsements attestations, affirmations, approvals, ratifications, certifications, proofs, verifications [x]

prattle, chatter, gabble, jabber, ramble, blather, drivel, prate, yammer, blabber, gibber, twaddle, waffle, natter, tattle, gossip, murmur, mutter, mumble, burble, cackle, clatter, cluck, gab, yak, yatter, yap, yip, blab, buzz [x]

expressions, phrases, sayings, colloquialisms, locutions, figures of speech, turns of phrase, maxims, adages, aphorisms, proverbs, mottos, slogans, clichés, truisms, epigrams, apothegms, dictums, axioms, saws, bywords, catchphrases, formulae, idiomatic expressions, set phrases, stock phrases, fixed expressions, commonplaces, platitudes, bromides, chestnuts, shibboleths, tropes [x]

abuse, invective, denunciation, castigation, censure, condemnation, criticism, diatribe, tirade, revilement, reproach, scolding, upbraiding, berating, vilification, disparagement, defamation, slander, libel, insult, affront, aspersion, calumny, obloquy, contumely, excoriation, lambasting, railing, tongue-lashing, reproof, rebuke, reprimand, admonishment, chiding, harangue, fulmination, objurgation, opprobrium, vitriol, malediction, execration, animadversion [x]

abuse, insult, vituperation, denunciation, diatribe, tirade, reproach, castigation, censure, revilement, scorn, slander, aspersion, obloquy, contumely, vilification, railing, berating, upbraiding, excoriation, lambasting, tongue-lashing, fulmination, malediction, execration, opprobrium, calumny, defamation, disparagement, derogation, denigration, belittlement, vilipend, vitriol, invectiveness, objurgation, reproof, rebuke, reprimand, admonishment, chiding, harangue, broadside, philippic, abusement, vituperativeness, vituperatory, vituperous, vituperative [x]

indicate, signify, represent, mean, imply, express, show, suggest, connote, symbolize, mark, designate, point out, betoken, typify, stand for, exemplify, manifest, reveal, communicate, spell out, intimate, signal, evidence, demonstrate, exhibit, display, announce, proclaim, declare, name, label, tag, identify, characterize, detail, specify, particularize, describe, narrate, recount, chronicle, relate, tell, explain, elucidate, clarify, expound, interpret, illustrate [x]

disparage, belittle, denigrate, criticize, dis, condemn, censure, decry, denounce, vilify,, derogate, diminish, discredit, devalue, depreciate, scorn slight, underrate, undervalue, minimize, trash, knock, run down, put down, bad-mouth, slam, pan, roast, tear down, trash-talk, dismiss, ridicule, mock, sneer at, scoff at, lampoon, satirize, pillory, castigate, chastise, lambaste, excoriate, berate, rebuke, reproach, reprove, chide, upbraid [x]

depictions, portrayals, representations, accounts, narratives, explanations, illustrations,, delineations, characterizations, sketches, outlines, summaries, reports, profiles, commentaries, expositions, interpretations, analyses, reviews, recitals, chronicles, annotations, elucidations, illustrations, details [x]

concise, brief, terse, compact, pithy, laconic, summary, to the point, short, crisp, condensed, epigrammatic, compendious, curt, economical, gnomic, sententious, tight, abridged, boiled down, in a nutshell, thumbnail, telegraphic, synoptic, brusque, clipped, compressed, reduced, truncated, contracted, lean, spare, skeletal, skeletalized, stripped-down, unembellished, unadorned, unelaborate, plain, simple, straightforward, direct, blunt, no-nonsense, matter-of-fact, to the purpose, to the core, to the heart [x]

concise, brief, succinct, compact, compressed, abridged, shortened, summarized, reduced, concentrated, pithy, laconic, terse, to the point, boiled down, encapsulated, epitomized, in a nutshell, in brief, in short [x]

testimonies [x]