Legitimacy

//ləˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi//

Synonyms for "legitimacy" (102 found)

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Translations

24 translations across 17 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • شَرْعِيَّة noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • законност noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)
  • легитимност noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 合法 noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)

Finnish

1 entries
  • legitimiteetti noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)

French

1 entries
  • légitimité noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)

Galician

1 entries
  • lexitimidade noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)

Georgian

2 entries
  • კანონიერება noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)
  • ლეგიტიმურობა noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)

German

2 entries
  • Legitimität noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)
  • Rechtmäßigkeit noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)

Italian

1 entries
  • legittimità noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 正統 noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • legitimidade noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)
  • validade noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)
  • validez noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)

Romanian

1 entries
  • legitimitate noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)

Russian

3 entries
  • зако́нность noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)
  • закономе́рность noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)
  • легити́мность noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)

Spanish

1 entries
  • legitimidad noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)

Thai

1 entries
  • ความชอบธรรม noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)

Turkish

1 entries
  • haklılık noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • легіти́мність noun (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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He has no legitimacy.

Source: tatoeba (826264)

Even if all countries of the world and all the news media were to recognize the legitimacy of this racist regime, on the moral level it would always remain racist.

Source: tatoeba (5051923)

Algeria has recovered its legitimacy.

Source: tatoeba (8560123)

After the December 2019 presidential election, Algeria has recovered its political legitimacy.

Source: tatoeba (8560125)

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