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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
believability, credibility, credibleness - the quality of being believable or trustworthy
real McCoy, real stuff, real thing - informal usage attributing authenticity
Translations
legitimacy [lɪˈdʒɪtɪməsɪ] N
1. (= lawfulness) [of government, action, birth] → legitimidad f
2. (= justifiableness) [of concern] → justificación; [of argument] → validez f
there can be no doubt as to the legitimacy of such claimsno cabe duda de que estas reclamaciones están justificadas
legitimacy [lɪˈdʒɪtɪmɪsi] nlégitimité f
legitimacy
nRechtmäßigkeit f, → Legitimität f; (of birth)Ehelichkeit f; (of conclusion)Berechtigung f; I don’t doubt the legitimacy of your excuse/reasonich bezweifle nicht, dass Ihre Entschuldigung/Ihr Grund gerechtfertigt ist
legitimacy [lɪˈdʒɪtɪməsɪ] n (gen) → legittimità; (of argument, excuse) → validità
legitimacy [lɪˈdʒɪtɪməsɪ] n (gen) → legittimità; (of argument, excuse) → validità


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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?
I now mean legitimacy as connected with cause and effect, and nothing political or dynastic.
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.
 
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