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legitimism (n.)
"insistence upon legitimacy," 1849, from French
légitimisme
(1834); see
legitimate
(adj.) +
-ism
. In 19c. especially with reference to French or Spanish politics and conservative adherence to "legitimate" claimants to the throne.
