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Legitimacy

/ləˈdʒɪtəməsi/
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(noun) The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity.

He has no legitimacy.
Algeria has recovered its legitimacy.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the election results was questioned by the opposition party, who claimed that there was fraud.

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