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Example sentences for: legitimacy

How can you use “legitimacy” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

To oppose it they must invoke alternative standards of intellectual authority and legitimacy.
Just as 1960 conferred legitimacy on TV journalism, Campaign 2000 promises to put the Net on the political map.
Al Rai said that "the real aim of this strike is to get rid of Saddam Hussein and, in such a case, the real loser is international legitimacy and law."
In this competition for legitimacy, secular regimes had no alternative to offer.
It produced a shock of self-recognition and, presumably, contributed to the decline of popular legitimacy of the regime.