legitimacy
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4.8
- noun
- /lɪˈdʒɪtɪməsi/
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legitimidad
- It made me feel like I had legitimacy, and meaning, that my life had worth.
- lend legitimacy
- establish legitimacy
- derive legitimacy
So the question here is, is there any legitimacy to this?
- So the question here is, is there any legitimacy to this?
- What that means in political life is that you accept the legitimacy of your rival.
- He could mobilize his new power and legitimacy through this alliance with the Church.
- How could we then accept those cries for his firing as having legitimacy?
- But they're unable to see that the other has any legitimacy, any, you know, rights on their side.
- It's this whole thing that we're saying that the human rights of certain people have more legitimacy than others.
- Now to say that the police have a legitimacy problem is a massive understatement, I think.
- And lastly, of all the things that I really care about is democratic legitimacy.
- So hierarchical systems of government over time tend at some point to suffer a loss of legitimacy, a challenge from below.
- Like, I am glad that there is this growing contempt for the state and its legitimacy.
- To deny its legitimacy or frustrate its result threatens public trust in our democracy.
- And all of these guys are playing around with authoritarianism, which is opposed to the legitimacy of the American markets.
- But now they, if you describe to me what people think Stargate is, I can comment on whether it's got any legitimacy.
- We gain democratic legitimacy, which you know, and and I respect those who who for that, for whom that is the Holy Grail and the important thing.
- So in order to create an air of like legitimacy, they fake podcast.
Examples
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the US government probably gets its legitimacy from the fact that most people think the processes followed are reasonably fair.
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Consequently, your role is to draw out and acknowledge the legitimacy of all points of view.
Academic text (1992) -
So the question here is, is there any legitimacy to this?
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It's this whole thing that we're saying that the human rights of certain people have more legitimacy than others.
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I think there is some legitimacy to him as a family man.
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What that means in political life is that you accept the legitimacy of your rival.
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Perception of legitimacy is more important than legitimacy itself.
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There are suspicions regarding the legitimacy of the evidence.
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Nevertheless, the elections were important in enhancing the Sandinistas' legitimacy both at home and abroad.
Academic text (1990) -
The judge questioned the legitimacy of the evidence presented in the trial.
Synonyms
462
4.0
Trust from other people who believe what you say
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4.8
A quality that shows something is real and believable to people
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4.4
Showing that an idea is logical and factually correct
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7.1
Belief that something is true
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7.0
How likely something is to be true
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4.8
How much people think something is good enough
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3.7
How much something seems true or real to people
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4.0
The state of being real and sincere
Able to be defended or accepted as reasonable
The quality of an idea or argument that can be defended as reasonable
How believable and trustworthy something is
How likely something seems to be true
How suitable something is for a group or situation
How acceptable and effective something is under the law
Antonyms
- Specialized
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7.0
A state where an argument is not logical and the conclusion does not follow
How Legitimate
Surface Forms
Morphology
legitimacy = legitimate (transparent) = legitim + acy
The suffix '-acy' forms a noun indicating a state or quality from the adjective 'legitimate'.
Etymology
Legitimacy comes from an old Latin root lex meaning 'law', the same root you see in legal. So when someone or something has legitimacy, people accept it as 'right' or valid and are willing to trust it.