Home › Words › S › semilegitimacysemilegitimacysemilegitimacy means partial legitimacy.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, semilegitimacy ranks #16,782 of 42,789 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom semi- + legitimacy.nounPartial legitimacy.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.semilegitimate 88% match — Partly legitimate. vs semilegitimacy →semilegitimately 79% match — In a semilegitimate manner. vs semilegitimacy →semilegal 72% match — Of partial or questionable legality. vs semilegitimacy →unlegitimizable 70% match — Not legitimizable. vs semilegitimacy →legitimistic 65% match — legitimist vs semilegitimacy →delegitimation 64% match — The act of removing the legitimacy from something, or of making something illegitimate. vs semilegitimacy →semisovereignty 63% match — Limited or partial sovereignty. vs semilegitimacy →delegitimize 63% match — To make something less legitimate. vs semilegitimacy →