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legitimacy

right and acceptance of an authority
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Summary

legitimacy is a political concept[1]. legitimacy draws 2,158 Wikipedia views per month (political concept category, ranking #32 of 86).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: sociological concept[3]
  • Subclass of: legitimacy[4]
  • Part of: political stability[5]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[6]
  • Different from: legitimacy[7]

Why It Matters

legitimacy has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] legitimacy is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_legitimacy-q207982-2_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{legitimacy}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/legitimacy-q207982-2}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2vmzmN
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 21w ago · PerspicaciousLeo · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress authority id → sh85075855
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Library of congress authority id: sh85075861, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779427361939"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia
    Part of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 15854, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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