legitimacy

正統性、正当性

組織や制度に決定を下す権利があると、人々が認めていること。

やさしい英語で： People's acceptance of an organization or system as having the right to make decisions.

• The government lost legitimacy after the scandal.
• Fair elections can give leaders democratic legitimacy.
• Public trust is essential to the institution's legitimacy.

類義語： acceptance

よく使う表現： political legitimacy, democratic legitimacy, gain legitimacy, lose legitimacy

正当性、合法性

法律で認められていること、または十分な理由があって正当といえること。

やさしい英語で： The fact that something is allowed by law or has good reasons supporting it.

• She questioned the legitimacy of the agreement.
• The documents established the legitimacy of his claim.
• Does this decision have any legal legitimacy?

使い方： legitimacy of something (They questioned the legitimacy of his claim.)

類義語： validity, lawfulness

反対語： illegitimacy

よく使う表現： question legitimacy, legal legitimacy, legitimacy of something

嫡出性

結婚している両親の子として生まれたこと。王位継承の権利に影響する場合がある。

やさしい英語で： The status of being born to married parents, sometimes affecting a person's right to inherit a throne.

• The prince's legitimacy was disputed.
• Their marriage established the child's legitimacy under the old law.
• Questions about her legitimacy threatened her claim to the throne.

反対語： illegitimacy

よく使う表現： legitimacy of birth, establish legitimacy, dispute legitimacy