"legitimacy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- First, it may appear as if the legitimacy of an authority rests on its greater expertise.
- In one recent article, for example, Mr. Abdi argued that the legitimacy of the government rested in its being elected by the people - not in its being religious.
- But the Saud dynasty gained its control over much of the Arabian Peninsula via adherents to the Wahhabi teachings, and its legitimacy rests on maintaining their support.
- Indeed, King Fahd's very legitimacy rests on his role as the Sherif of Mecca, protector of Islam's holiest place.
- What will be the impact of such a defeat on a government whose legitimacy rests so heavily on the invincibility of the Red Army?
- Finally, because Mr. Arafat's legitimacy at home rested in part on his influence abroad, the American move to isolate him aided his domestic critics.
- Its legitimacy rests on its position as protector of the two holy places of Mecca and Medina and the interrelationship of the royal family with the ranking religious leaders.
- Democratic constitutions universally state the principle of popular sovereignty and their legitimacy now rests on popular enactment.
- The attack on Iraq will be justified with a resolution whose legitimacy rests on Article 51 of the charter.
- That is because the legitimacy of the whole Union rests very much on the image that people get from our work - the very people who directly elect us.
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