"legitimacy" meaning in English

See legitimacy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ləˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-legitimacy.wav Forms: legitimacies [plural]
Etymology: From legitimate + -cy. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|legitimate|cy}} legitimate + -cy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} legitimacy (countable and uncountable, plural legitimacies)
  1. The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity): شَرْعِيَّة (šarʕiyya) (Arabic), законност (zakonnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), легитимност (legitimnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 合法 (héfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), legitimiteetti (Finnish), légitimité [feminine] (French), lexitimidade [feminine] (Galician), კანონიერება (ḳanoniereba) (Georgian), ლეგიტიმურობა (legiṭimuroba) (Georgian), Rechtmäßigkeit [feminine] (German), Legitimität [feminine] (German), legittimità [feminine] (Italian), 正統 (seitō) (Japanese), legitimidade [feminine] (Portuguese), validade [feminine] (Portuguese), validez [feminine] (Portuguese), legitimitate [feminine] (Romanian), зако́нность (zakónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), закономе́рность (zakonomérnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), легити́мность (legitímnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), legitimidad [feminine] (Spanish), haklılık (Turkish), легіти́мність (lehitýmnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-legitimacy-en-noun-r2lMpiPo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 77 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'quality of being legitimate or valid; validity': 97 3
  2. Lawfulness of birth or origin; directness of descent as affecting the royal succession. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-legitimacy-en-noun-~Vu7yCLw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: legitimateness (english: much less common)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "legitimidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "quality of being legitimate or valid; validity",
      "word": "haklılık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lehitýmnistʹ",
      "sense": "quality of being legitimate or valid; validity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "легіти́мність"
    }
  ],
  "word": "legitimacy"
}

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