legitimacy
noun
- legal status of a child born to parents who are legally married
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Pronunciation: /ləˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi/ / [ləˈd͡ʒɪɾɪməsi]
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English legitimate English -cy English legitimacy From legitimate + -cy.
- The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity.
“The legitimacy based on a revolutionary essence was replaced by legitimacy with an ultranational, ultra-Yugoslav character.”
- The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity.
“Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. warned that if the court failed to stop the president, its own “institutional legitimacy” would be threatened.”
“After decades of inequality and oppression, the regime had lost legitimacy with its own population.”
- Lawfulness of birth or origin; directness of descent as affecting the royal succession.