Zhè xiàng zhèngcè de héfǎxìng shòudào guǎngfàn zhìyí.
The legitimacy of this policy has been widely questioned.
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usage
合法性 can refer to both legality (compliance with law, 法律合法性) and legitimacy (moral or political justification, 政治合法性). Context determines which sense is meant.
memory
合法 means 'legal/lawful' and 性 is a nominalizing suffix meaning '-ness'. 合法性 = 'lawfulness/legitimacy'.
