Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Legitimacy.
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- noun Common misspelling of
legitimacy .
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Examples
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Thus, they try to obtain a legitimity as liberation movements, who fight for liberty or independence against a state.
The Brain, A Decoded Enigma Dorin T. Moisa
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Whatever be the legitimity of the purpose, the method is ambiguous and full of pitfalls.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Yet, that's where we are today because we've let the feds do away with "Patriot Act" - type laws which had foundations based on "apparent legitimity" but were, over time and behind closed doors, morphed into a sort of matrix of control, for "everyone else".
Akismet Blog 2009
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In the godless republican system, the power derives from the will of the people, and this is the government’s only source of legitimity.
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