HOW TO PRONOUNCE
legitimacy
/ləˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi/
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What does legitimacy mean?
noun
- The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity.
- Public acceptance of an institution, such as a government, corporation, or system.
- Lawfulness of birth or origin; directness of descent as affecting the royal succession.
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IPA pronunciation
/ləˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi/
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To say that, is to confess that there is no reply to those who question the legitimacy of the fact itself.
The question of Sophie's legitimacy anses from the fact that her mother, Jane Callaway, was registered at death as "a spinster."
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He imagined that Venn and Mrs. Yeobright were in league, and felt that there was a certain legitimacy in combating such a coalition.
If a woman had money she might dictate her own terms: equality, a life contract, and the legitimacy—that is, the property-rights—of her children.
Every revolution, being a normal outcome, contains within itself its legitimacy, which false revolutionists sometimes dishonor, but which remains even when soiled, which survives even when stained with blood.