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Legitimacy
right and acceptance of an authority
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Legitimacy
is the
right
and acceptance of an
authority
, usually a governing
law
or a
regime
.
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As examples from history show, when
jokes
start circulating about a powerful
leader
, cracks in political legitimacy begin to appear.
Nissim Mannathukkaren
,
Modi government and the muzzling of the Indian media
, 3 December 2017,
openDemocracy
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