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English noun: legitimacy

1. legitimacy (attribute) lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law


Broader (hypernym)lawfulness


Antonymsillegitimacy

2. legitimacy (attribute) undisputed credibility


Synonymsauthenticity, genuineness


Broader (hypernym)believability, credibility, credibleness


Narrower (hyponym)real McCoy, real stuff, real thing









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