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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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