What is another word for legitimacy?
262 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ləd͡ʒˈɪtɪməsi], [ lədʒˈɪtɪməsi], [ l_ə_dʒ_ˈɪ_t_ɪ_m_ə_s_i]
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Similar words for legitimacy:
- authenticity (noun)
- fairness (noun)
- impartialness (noun)
- justice (noun)
- lawfulness (noun)
- legitimacy (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- propriety (noun)
- realness (noun)
- truth (noun)
- validity (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Legitimacy:
n.
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- law,
- legality,
- lawfulness.
- courtesy,
- civility,
- decorum,
- seemliness,
- rightfulness,
- duty,
- impartiality,
- honesty,
- open-mindedness,
- justness,
- exactitude,
- humanity,
- honor,
- charity,
- decency,
- rightness,
- suitability,
- consideration,
- due,
- rationality,
- fair shake,
- righteousness,
- uprightness,
- charitableness,
- goodness,
- integrity,
- candor,
- disinterestedness,
- Equitableness,
- moderation,
- good faith.
- compensation,
- code,
- rectitude,
- sanction,
- charter,
- due process,
- credo,
- judicature,
- fair play,
- authorization,
- review,
- appeal,
- Constitutionality,
- legalizations,
- evenness,
- redress,
- creed,
- reparation,
- rule,
- hearing,
- legalization,
- legal process,
- correction,
- amends,
- recompense,
- litigation,
- penalty,
- sentence,
- judicatures,
- decree,
- fair treatment,
- judicatory.
- genuineness,
- fair-mindedness,
- veracity,
- defendability,
- equity,
- permissibility,
- justice,
- reliability,
- lawful authority,
- eminent domain,
- give and take,
- dependability,
- veritableness,
- rightful authority,
- propriety,
- Impartialness,
- legitimacy,
- Objectiveness,
- divine right,
- realness,
- square deal,
- right of eminent domain,
- humanities,
- authenticity,
- validity,
- trustworthiness,
- truth,
- dependabilities,
- angary,
- nonpartisanship,
- legal authority,
- reasonableness.
- aptness,
- appositeness,
- accordance,
- compatibility,
- congruity,
- agreeableness,
- ethicality,
- fitness,
- recommendability,
- harmony,
- order,
- convenience,
- consonance,
- correspondence,
- Meetness,
- pleasantness,
- Advisability,
- expedience,
- concord,
- respectability,
- becomingness,
- properness.
- factualness,
- score,
- actuality,
- scoop,
- gospel truth,
- certainty,
- nitty-gritty,
- infallibility,
- truism,
- truthfulness,
- naked truth,
- maxim,
- picture,
- trueness,
- facts,
- verity,
- principle,
- honest truth,
- perfection,
- nitty gritty,
- axiom,
- factualism,
- gospel,
- inside track,
- unvarnished truth,
- whole story,
- plain talk,
- case,
- factuality.
Other synonyms:
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- guiltless,
- rightful,
- Legitimateness,
- clean,
- current,
- legal,
- lawful,
- aboveboard,
- legit,
- legally,
- kosher,
- innocence,
- licitness,
- legitimate,
- innocent,
- political correctness.
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- straight.
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- good.
- fact,
- Allowableness,
- legal form,
- judge,
- faculty,
- royal prerogative,
- constitutionalism,
- Remissibility,
- admissibility,
- correctness,
- bona fideness,
- legitimation,
- actionability,
- naturalism,
- Justifiableness,
- verisimilitude,
- soundness,
- Veniality,
- naturalness,
- originality,
- Warrantableness,
- photographic realism,
- Pardonableness,
- prerogative,
- indirect authority,
- artlessness,
- absolute realism,
- morality,
- unaffectedness,
- competency,
- applicability,
- scope,
- justiciability,
- power,
- literalism,
- reasonability,
- absolutism,
- legalities,
- permissibleness,
- exactness,
- say-so,
- admissibleness,
- say,
- realism,
- reality,
- legitimization,
- jurisdiction,
- absolute power,
- justifiability,
- competence,
- precision,
- Vindicability,
- literality,
- force,
- lifelikeness,
- accuracy,
- credibleness,
- Regality,
- substance,
- sincerity,
- legalism,
- Defensibility,
- explicability,
- literalness,
- judiciousness,
- Naturality.
How to use "Legitimacy" in context?
Legitimacy is the quality or state of being legitimate. Legitimacy can refer to the legal validity of a thing, person, or action. Legitimacy can be conferred on something by law, by consensus, or by custom.
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
credibility.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
illegitimacy.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Adjective
illegitimate.
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Noun, singular or mass
accountability, justifiable, justification, legacy, mandate, rightful.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
legitimate.
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Proper noun, singular
lawfulness, legality, legitimate.
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Noun, singular or mass
acceptability, admissibility, appropriateness, authority, eligibility, illegality, lawfulness, legalisation, legality, legalization, legitimation, permissibility, propriety, rationality, reasonableness, regularisation, relevance, unlawfulness, validity, wrongfulness, Legitimizing, Constitutionality, legitimization, legitimisation.
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Adjective
Homophones for Legitimacy:
- lighting, legitimize, lagostomus, lasting, lightheadedness, lactating, liquidness, locating, listening, Lucidness, listing, lightness, lustiness, legitimise, licitness, lightening, lightning.
Hyponym for Legitimacy:
n.
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attribute
lawfulness.
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attribute
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