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legitimacy

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le·git·i·ma·cy  (l-jt-m-s)
n.
The quality or fact of being legitimate.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.legitimacy - lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law
lawfulness - the quality of conforming to law
illegitimacy - unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law
2.legitimacy - undisputed credibility
authenticity, genuineness
believability, credibility, credibleness - the quality of being believable or trustworthy
real McCoy, real stuff, real thing - informal usage attributing authenticity
Translations

legitimacy [lɪˈdʒɪtɪməsɪ] n → legitimidad f
legitimacy [lɪˈdʒɪtɪməsɪ] n → légitimité f
legitimacy [lɪˈdʒɪtɪməsɪ] n (= validity) → Berechtigung f (= legality); Rechtmäßigkeit f
legitimacy [lɪˈdʒɪtɪməsɪ] n → legittimità
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Certainly they were; supposing there were to be doubts raised as to the validity of your marriage or the legitimacy of your child?
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
I now mean legitimacy as connected with cause and effect, and nothing political or dynastic.
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
The genial disdain of Michel Rollin, who called them impostors, was answered by him with vituperation, of which crapule and canaille were the least violent items; he amused himself with abuse of their private lives, and with sardonic humour, with blasphemous and obscene detail, attacked the legitimacy of their births and the purity of their conjugal relations: he used an Oriental imagery and an Oriental emphasis to accentuate his ribald scorn.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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