Examples of legitimacy in a Sentence
the legitimacy of the military dictatorship was not recognized by most other nations
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Prominent human rights organizations have pointed to Israel's rule over the West Bank in accusing it of the international crime of apartheid, allegations Israel rejects as an attack on its legitimacy.
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Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 4 July 2024
This decision would have given legitimacy to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s argument at the time of Congressional certification of the election that there were sufficient concerns raised by President Trump to delay the certification.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2024
Biden’s campaign has repeatedly hammered Trump for denying the legitimacy of the 2020 election.
—Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2024
Although some admonition could be dismissed as a xenophobic reaction to the virus’s origins in China, the responses of foreign leaders and media also called into question the legitimacy of China’s domestic institutions.
—Tyler Jost, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2024
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Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 4 July 2024
This decision would have given legitimacy to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s argument at the time of Congressional certification of the election that there were sufficient concerns raised by President Trump to delay the certification.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2024
Biden’s campaign has repeatedly hammered Trump for denying the legitimacy of the 2020 election.
—Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2024
Although some admonition could be dismissed as a xenophobic reaction to the virus’s origins in China, the responses of foreign leaders and media also called into question the legitimacy of China’s domestic institutions.
—Tyler Jost, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2024
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“Legitimacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legitimacy. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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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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