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noun, plural il·le·git·i·ma·cies.the state or quality of being illegitimate. Origin of illegitimacyFirst recorded in 1670–80; illegitim(ate) + -acy Words nearby illegitimacyillegality, illegalize, illegal procedure, illegible, illegit, illegitimacy, illegitimate, illegitimize, ill-equipped, ill fame, ill-fated Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for illegitimacyPheu Thai and smaller parties could still pass laws, but those could be subject to charges of “illegitimacy” later. Thailand’s Prime Minister Toppled by ‘The Iron Triangle’|Lennox Samuels|May 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST They play to chords of resentment and cast a veneer of illegitimacy over actions and lives lived honorably. Obama, Romney Tax Returns Unleash Worst Political Instincts|Zachary Karabell|April 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST But to deduce from this a fragility, if not illegitimacy, in the NTC makes no sense. Stay the Course in Libya|Bernard-Henri Lévy|August 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST So, Holbrooke went to Kabul and blasted Karzai for the corruption, inefficiency, and illegitimacy of his government. The Richard Holbrooke I Knew|Leslie H. Gelb|January 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Now, there were certainly some awkward circumstances in respect of this illegitimacy question. Archibald Malmaison|Julian Hawthorne There is also alleged to be sometimes an increase of illegitimacy in the neighborhood of training camps. Applied Eugenics|Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson Illegitimacy however greatly deprecated morally has justified itself historically. Race Improvement : or, Eugenics : a Little Book on a Great Subject|La Reine Helen Baker In Scotland the mark of illegitimacy for the arms is the bordure compony, which is usually but not always indicative of the same. A Complete Guide to Heraldry|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies It is a safe general conclusion that ignorance of sexual laws is responsible for the great majority of cases of illegitimacy. Sex-education|Maurice Alpheus Bigelow
Words related to illegitimacybastardy, illegitimation Cultural definitions for illegitimacy
The condition of being born to unmarried parents. It was once considered a mark of disgrace but is generally more accepted now. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |