Legitimacy

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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