legitimacy

Converse of object

• confer: There is no place for the church to confer legitimacy upon alternatives to these.
• undermine: At times, he would weave arcane arguments to undermine the legitimacy of the committee.
• bestow: Some officials have sought to bestow new legitimacy on long-standing disputes by recasting them as part of the antiterrorist crusade " .
• lend: I don't include it in the FAQ because I don't want to lend legitimacy to his writings.
• deny: The queen denying the legitimacy of her own son!
• verify: An SSL certificate also verifies the legitimacy of your company to customers and acts as a security benchmark.

Adjective modifier

• democratic: Such scrutiny is crucial to the democratic legitimacy of the Human Rights Act 1998.
• spurious: Its master was even prepared to falsify charters to give its changed role a spurious legitimacy.
• Democratic: Democratic legitimacy is not and never has been high on the list of EU priorities.
• dubious: It is a creation of Western colonialism and is governed by people with somewhat dubious legitimacy.
• questionable: On the other hand, as occupying forces, the US and UK governments have questionable legitimacy to reshape the Iraqi nation.
• moral: Regardless of whom I save, however, my choice proves nothing about the moral legitimacy of experimenting on animals.

Modifies a noun

• crisis: The legitimacy crisis in the United States is bound to deepen as a result of this election.

Noun used with modifier

• lack: Meanwhile Eno has made clear why he thinks Blair's statements on Iraq lack legitimacy.

Preposition: in

• eye: Capitalism has no legitimacy in the eyes of the working class.

Preposition: of

• regime: The Americans offered diplomatic recognition to Vichy was a major factor in securing he legitimacy of the regime.
• intervention: Paris holds one of the keys to the legitimacy of an armed intervention in Iraq.
• war: To many within our country, there is considerable doubt over the legitimacy of the war with Iraq.
• institution: It is the sign of a healthy society when the legitimacy of the institutions and people in whom we trust is tested.
• state: For the Kurds, the problem is the legitimacy of the state itself.