Basing his invention of public relations on his uncle Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, Edward Bernays has left a lasting legacy on the media and how they interact with their audiences.
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Legacy
//ˈleɪɡəsi//
Synonyms for "legacy" (65 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (32)
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3 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesderived
11 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
107 translations across 44 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κληρονομία noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Arabic
2 entries- إرْث noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
- تَرِكَة noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
Armenian
2 entries- ժառանգություն noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
- ժառանգություն noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- irs noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
- miras noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
- miras noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Bashkir
2 entries- мираҫ noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
- мираҫ noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Bulgarian
2 entries- наследство noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
- наследство noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Catalan
2 entries- llegat noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
- llegat noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Chechen
4 entries- битам noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
- битам noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
- даьхни noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
- тӏаьхье noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 遺留的 /遗留的 adj (left behind, old or no longer in active use)
- 校友子女 noun (the descendant of an alumnus)
- 遗产 noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
- 遺產 /遗产 noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
Czech
1 entries- dědictví noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
Danish
1 entries- arv noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Dutch
3 entries- erfenis noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
- erfgoed noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
- legaat noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
Esperanto
1 entries- heredaĵo noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Estonian
1 entries- pärand noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Faroese
1 entries- arvur noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Finnish
4 entries- vanha adj (left behind, old or no longer in active use)
- vanhentunut adj (left behind, old or no longer in active use)
- legaatti noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
- perintö noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
French
3 entries- héritage noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
- legs noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
- legs noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Galician
2 entries- legado noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
- legado noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
German
4 entries- Alt adj (left behind, old or no longer in active use)
- hinterlassen adj (left behind, old or no longer in active use)
- tradiert adj (left behind, old or no longer in active use)
- vererbt adj (left behind, old or no longer in active use)
Greek
1 entries- κληρονομιά noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Icelandic
1 entries- arfleifð noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Indonesian
3 entries- legasi noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
- warisan noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
- warisan noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Italian
4 entries- abbandonato adj (left behind, old or no longer in active use)
- vecchio adj (left behind, old or no longer in active use)
- eredità noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
- eredità noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Japanese
1 entries- 遺産 noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- erdansa noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
Korean
1 entries- 유산 noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- мурас noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
- мурас noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Latin
1 entries- lēgātum noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
Māori
1 entries- whakareretanga noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Norwegian
3 entries- foreldet adj (left behind, old or no longer in active use)
- arv noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
- legat noun (the descendant of an alumnus)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- arv noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
- arv noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
- legat noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- arv noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Polish
3 entries- dziedzictwo noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
- spuścizna noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
- zapis noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
Portuguese
2 entries- legado noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
- legado noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Romanian
3 entries- moștenit adj (left behind, old or no longer in active use)
- moștenire noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
- moștenire noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Russian
3 entries- унасле́дованный adj (left behind, old or no longer in active use)
- насле́дие noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
- насле́дство noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
Sanskrit
1 entries- रेक्णस् noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- starudija adj (left behind, old or no longer in active use)
- legat noun (the descendant of an alumnus)
- nasl(j)edstvo noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
- nasleđe noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Spanish
4 entries- heredado adj (left behind, old or no longer in active use)
- legado adj (left behind, old or no longer in active use)
- legado noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
- legado noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Swedish
2 entries- arv noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
- legat noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
Tagalog
2 entries- pamana noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
- pamana noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Thai
2 entries- มรดก noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
- มรดก noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Turkish
2 entries- miras noun (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
- miras noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Walloon
2 entries- eritaedje noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
- eritance noun (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
The 19th-century European colonization of Africa has left a lasting legacy all over the continent.
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Ronnie's music and legacy live in all of us!
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The previous government had bequeathed a legacy of problems.
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