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legitimacy

[li-jit-uh-muh-see]

noun

  1. the state or quality of being legitimate.

    Synonyms: , ,


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Other 51Թ Forms

  • nonlegitimacy noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of legitimacy1

First recorded in 1685–95; legitim(ate) + -acy
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The legitimacy of her abilities has been constantly assessed and analyzed, and when one of her films is a failure, the blame typically rests on Johnson’s shoulders.

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Do’s crimes, the prosecutors wrote, were “an assault on the very legitimacy of government.”

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A broad and increasingly bitter gap has opened up between the US and Europe over the Gaza war, and over the legitimacy of criticising Israel's conduct.

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For fascists, what the leader wants is more legitimacy than legality, because while the former was the result of a cult of heroism and leadership principle, the latter was regarded as artificial and even boring.

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Doing so would lend a dangerous legitimacy to the corrosive behavior of the administration and its supporters when it comes to the rule of law.

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