legitimacy

The move at the United Nations to recognize a Palestinian state torches that policy, declaring to the world that savagery and maximalist rejectionism are the currency of international legitimacy.

Retired generals and other high-ranking officers, as well as members of the national security community, have publicly warned that deploying the country’s military against Americans for law enforcement harms morale and the forces’ legitimacy.

The meeting was described as a “failed bro-fest” that gave Putin legitimacy through a red-carpet welcome without requiring any concessions in return.

The loss reopens old criticism about the legitimacy of Álvarez’s victories and quality of his opponents.

They embodied authority, carried cultural meaning and gave their holders the sense that legitimacy itself could be claimed at the barrel of a gun.