legitimacy
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Legitimacy in governance, acceptance of one’s right to rule by the people being ruled.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
Richard H. Fallon Jr., a law professor at Harvard and the author of “Law and Legitimacy in the Supreme Court,” said there were two primary definitions.
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2021
Legitimacy, or the collective acknowledgment that government has a right to rule, is essential to a democracy.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2020
Legitimacy is no obstacle—CBS added the dubiously pedigreed Hollywood Film Awards, and NBC locked up the perennially questioned Golden Globes, installing Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as repeat hosts.
From Forbes • Aug. 30, 2014
He declared his devotion to the principles of Legitimacy, and his inalienable attachment to his friends and relatives of the elder branch of the Bourbon family.
From Louis Philippe Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
Vocabulary lists containing legitimacy
Power Suffix: -acy
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President Obama's U.N. Address
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