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Legitimacy
//ləˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi// noun
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Noun
- 1 The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity. countable, uncountable
"The legitimacy based on a revolutionary essence was replaced by legitimacy with an ultranational, ultra-Yugoslav character."
- 2 undisputed credibility wordnet
- 3 The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity.; Public acceptance of an institution, such as a government, corporation, or system. broadly, countable, uncountable
"After decades of inequality and oppression, the regime had lost legitimacy with its own population."
- 4 lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law wordnet
- 5 Lawfulness of birth or origin; directness of descent as affecting the royal succession. countable, uncountable
Etymology
From legitimate + -cy.
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