Definitions for legitimacies

legitimacies le·git·i·ma·cy

Spelling: [li-jit-uh-muh-see]
IPA: /lɪˈdʒɪt ə mə si/

Legitimacies is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 910 anagrams from letters in legitimacies (aceegiiilmst).

Definitions for legitimacies

noun

  1. the state or quality of being legitimate.

Origin of legitimacies

First recorded in 1685-95; legitim(ate) + -acy

Examples for legitimacies

Having claimed the legitimacy given him by huge support in the streets, al Sisi banned demonstrations that might turn against him.

The Tudors who succeeded Richard to the throne reinforced their own legitimacy by setting out systematically to trash him.

For the first time America was posing as the champion of legitimacy and order.

It decided on the validity of the king's marriages and the legitimacy of the king's children.

Later on, too, he intervenes in France and acknowledges the legitimacy of the Republic.

On the other hand, the house in the street of Consuls was a known out-post of legitimacy.

It frightens me—raising my old nightmare of a lawsuit about the legitimacy of my child.

At first blush, this practice may have the appearance of legitimacy in cases where detainees refused to eat or drink.

It goes beyond just finding the music unpleasant, it invokes the rhetoric of legitimacy.

In short, Maduro is now facing dual crises: One economic, the other of legitimacy.

Word Value for legitimacies
Scrable

18

Words with friends

21

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