Examples of legitimacy in a Sentence
the legitimacy of the military dictatorship was not recognized by most other nations
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Above all for the junta leader, domestic legitimacy is key in order to maintain his regime.
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Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Of course, in the age of conspiracies and widespread scepticism, questions have been raised around the legitimacy of his age.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Such an admission not only upsets the conventional framing of the war, but strikes at the very heart of the Vietnamese Communist Party’s own legitimacy to govern the country.
— Made By History, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
But cartels target them too, so many bloggers post anonymously, leading readers to doubt their legitimacy.
—Antón Barba-Kay, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2025
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Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Of course, in the age of conspiracies and widespread scepticism, questions have been raised around the legitimacy of his age.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Such an admission not only upsets the conventional framing of the war, but strikes at the very heart of the Vietnamese Communist Party’s own legitimacy to govern the country.
— Made By History, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
But cartels target them too, so many bloggers post anonymously, leading readers to doubt their legitimacy.
—Antón Barba-Kay, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Legitimacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legitimacy. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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legitimacy
noun
le·git·i·ma·cy
li-ˈjit-ə-mə-sē 
: the quality or state of being legitimate
Legal Definition
legitimacy
noun
le·git·i·ma·cy
li-ˈji-tə-mə-sē
: the quality or state of being legitimate
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