legitimacy

1. (countable, uncountable)The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity.

   Rechtmäßigkeit, Legitimität

   зако́нностьzakónnostʹ, закономе́рностьzakonomérnostʹ, легити́мностьlegitímnostʹ

   легіти́мністьlehitýmnistʹ

2. The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity.

   (broadly, countable, uncountable)Public acceptance of an institution, such as a government, corporation, or system.

   After decades of inequality and oppression, the regime had lost legitimacy with its own population.

   The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 was seen by many as proof of capitalism’s legitimacy over communism.

3. (countable, uncountable)Lawfulness of birth or origin; directness of descent as affecting the royal succession.

1. Algeria is undergoing a crisis of legitimacy.

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2. I don't accept the legitimacy of this government.

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3. Fair trials ensure the legitimacy of holding war criminals accountable.

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4. He has no legitimacy.

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5. Algeria has recovered its legitimacy.

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