LEGITIMACY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • undisputed credibility
   Synonym(s)
   • authenticity (what does authenticity mean?)
   • genuineness (what does genuineness mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) legitimacy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • credibility (what does credibility mean?)
   • credibleness (what does credibleness mean?)
   • believability (what does believability mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • real McCoy (what does real McCoy mean?)
   • real thing (what does real thing mean?)
   • real stuff (what does real stuff mean?)
2. Meaning
   • lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law
   Hypernyms(s) legitimacy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • lawfulness (what does lawfulness mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • illegitimacy (what does illegitimacy mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • legalize (what does legalize mean?)
   • legalise (what does legalise mean?)
   • decriminalize (what does decriminalize mean?)
   • decriminalise (what does decriminalise mean?)
   • legitimize (what does legitimize mean?)
   • legitimise (what does legitimise mean?)
   • legitimate (what does legitimate mean?)
   • legitimatize (what does legitimatize mean?)
   • legitimatise (what does legitimatise mean?)