Synonyms for legitimacy
lɪˈdʒɪt ə mə sile·git·i·ma·cy

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1. legitimacynoun

   Synonyms:
   legitimateness

2. legitimacynoun

   the quality of being legitimate or valid; validity

   Synonyms:
   legitimateness

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1. legitimacynoun

   lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law

   Synonyms:
   authenticity, genuineness

   Antonyms:
   illegitimacy

2. authenticity, genuineness, legitimacynoun

   undisputed credibility

   Synonyms:
   authenticity, genuineness

   Antonyms:
   illegitimacy

Matched Categories

1. • Credibility
   • Lawfulness

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1. legitimacynoun

   Synonyms:
   legality, lawfulness, accordance with law

2. legitimacynoun

   Synonyms:
   genuineness

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1. List of paraphrases for "legitimacy":

   legality, legitimation, legitimisation, lawfulness, legitimization, legitimate, sharia, validity, justifiability

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1. Bre Kidman:

   When you have a lot of money, you're reported on like the only candidate that matters, when we say the person with the most money in the race is the best person in the race, I think we're undermining the legitimacy of our democracy.

2. Hillel Neuer:

   The cost of the U.S. decision to rejoin is that it gives legitimacy to a council where tyrannies and other non-democracies now comprise 60% of the membership, in exchange, the U.S. must demand serious reform, removing despots from the council such as Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro regime, holding dictators to account, and removing the agenda item that targets Israel in each session, the only one to focus on a single country.

3. Prajak Kongkirati:

   He knows he cant be a dictator like this forever, he wants to gain more legitimacy and thats why hes holding the elections. He wants to return as a prime minister under normal politics.

4. Kim Kardashian:

   I think Kanye’s already given him legitimacy in that way, i was working on this before. I don’t think I would be used. At the end of the day, he heard me out. We got the job done. What could he really use me for?

5. Leo Igwe:

   There are many different groups competing for legitimacy and relevance and they do this by identifying people as witches.