1. legitimacy

noun. ['ləˈdʒɪtəməsi, lɪˈdʒɪtəməsi'] lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law.

Rhymes with Legitimacy

• accuracy
• adequacy
• advocacy
• agassi
• almasy
• argosy
• aristocracy
• autocracy
• barkocy
• biopharmacy
• bluesy
• bureaucracy
• candidacy
• celibacy
• confederacy
• confederacy
• conspiracy
• courtesy
• degeneracy
• delicacy

How do you pronounce legitimacy?

Pronounce legitimacy as lɪˈʤɪtəməsi.

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Sentences with legitimacy

1. Noun, singular or mass
Open a bank account to establish the legitimacy of your tutoring center.

Quotes about legitimacy

1. Far from rejecting outright any hierarchy of success or failure, philosophy instead reconfigures the judging process, lending legitimacy to theidea that themainstream value system may unfairly consign some people to disgrace and others to respectability.
- Alain de Botton, Status Anxiety

2. legitimacy

noun. ['ləˈdʒɪtəməsi, lɪˈdʒɪtəməsi'] undisputed credibility.