legitimacy
/ləˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Lawfulness of birth or origin; directness of descent as affecting the royal succession.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The legitimacy based on a revolutionary essence was replaced by legitimacy with an ultranational, ultra-Yugoslav character."
- "Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. warned that if the court failed to stop the president, its own “institutional legitimacy” would be threatened."
- "After decades of inequality and oppression, the regime had lost legitimacy with its own population."
- "The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 was seen by many as proof of capitalism’s legitimacy over communism."
- "Democracy’s legitimacy stems from the consent of the governed."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ləˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi/
- British English: /ləˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi/