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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

合法性

Pronunciation / Transliteration: héfǎxìng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Legitimacy/ləˈdʒɪt.ə.mə.si/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #3400 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这个决定的合法性受到质疑。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality of being legitimate; lawfulness or validity.

    "The legitimacy of the election was questioned by several observers."
  2. 2

    Acceptance or recognition of a person or institution's authority.

    "The monarchy's legitimacy is rooted in centuries of tradition."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Medieval Latin legitimatus, past participle of legitimare 'to declare lawful', originating from Latin lex 'law'. Over time, the term evolved from strictly legal conformity to encompass broader sociological concepts of social justification, acceptance, and moral validity.

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