legitimacynoun [ U ]
uk/ləˈdʒɪt.ə.mə.si/us/ləˈdʒɪt̬.ə.mə.si/legitimacy noun [ U ] (LEGAL)
the quality of being legal :
The lawyers expressed serious doubts about the legitimacy of military action.
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Legal & illegal
- bootleg
- chargeable
- constitutionality
- criminal
- extrajudicial
- heinous
- illegal
- illegitimate
- impeach
- improper
- lawful
- legality
- legally
- license
- treasonable
- underground
- undocumented
- unlicensed
- valid
- wrongful
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legitimacy noun [ U ] (REASONABLE)
the quality of being reasonable and acceptable:
She challenged the legitimacy of the previous speaker's arguments.
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Wise and sensible
- an old/a wise head on young shoulders idiom
- be a victory for common sense idiom
- canny
- discerning
- discriminating
- far-sighted
- gnomic
- neatly
- no flies on sb idiom
- no-nonsense
- out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings) idiom
- perspective
- responsible
- right-minded
- sagacious
- sage
- savoir-faire
- wisdom
- wise
- wisely
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