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legitimacy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of legitimacy

the quality or state of being legal

  • the legitimacy of the military dictatorship was not recognized by most other nations
Synonyms of legitimacy

lawfulness, legality
Words Related to legitimacy

rightfulness, rightness

permissibility, permissibleness
Near Antonyms of legitimacy

badness, immorality, iniquitousness, iniquity, sinfulness, unjustness, wickedness, wrongness

criminality, unconstitutionality
Antonyms of legitimacy

illegality, illegitimacy, unlawfulness, wrongfulness

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