legitimacy
Example Sentences
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He was dismissed by the lanky spinner and afterwards appeared to question the legitimacy of his bowling action.
From BBC
Corruption has drained the revolutionary fervor that sustained the state’s legitimacy.
With citizens focused on practical needs—taming inflation, restoring services and creating jobs—Rodríguez may be able to leverage U.S. economic assistance to achieve something Maduro never secured: legitimacy.
An Israeli bobsleigher said on Tuesday he gave no "credence whatsoever" to the "diatribe" from a Swiss television commentator who had questioned the legitimacy of him competing at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
From Barron's
As demonstrated by the outbreaks of the English Civil War in 1642 and the French Revolution in 1789, fiscal breakdown caused a loss of political legitimacy.
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