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illegitimacy
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il·le·git·i·ma·cy  (l-jt-m-s)
n.
1. The quality or condition of being illegitimate.
2. Bastardy.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.illegitimacy - the status of being born to parents who were not married
status, position - the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
2.illegitimacy - unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law
unlawfulness - the quality of failing to conform to law
legitimacy - lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law

illegitimacy
noun
1. bastardy, bastardism Divorce and illegitimacy lead to millions of one-parent families.
2. illegality, unconstitutionality, unlawfulness, illicitness, irregularity They denounced the illegitimacy and oppressiveness of the regime.
Translations
illegitimacy [ˌɪlɪˈdʒɪtɪməsɪ] Nilegitimidad f
illegitimacy [ˌɪlɪˈdʒɪtɪməsi]
n [child] → naissance f hors mariage
At home, his illegitimacy was never mentioned → À la maison, la question de sa naissance hors mariage n'était jamais abordée.
modif [rate, scandal] → des naissances hors mariage
illegitimacy
n
(of child)Unehelichkeit f
(= unlawfulness)Unzulässigkeit f; (of government)Unrechtmäßigkeit f
(of argument, conclusion)Unzulässigkeit f
illegitimacy [ˌɪlɪˈdʒɪtɪməsɪ] nillegittimità


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There is nothing illegimate about list-voting, but civil society activists are pushing to reform the context in which it takes place.
116) While she managed to secure a measure of economic independence, Felice never engaged in investments of comparable type or scope to those of the Duchess of Ferrara, and her wealth was negligible by comparison with that of Lucrezia, a woman who was also the illegimate daughter of a pope.
In Illegimate Power: Bastards in Renaissance Drama (Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 1994), 20-25, Alison Findlay cites William Clerke's Triall of Bastardie (1594, EIv) on spurius as the Latin for the son of a concubine and nothus for the son of an adulteress.
 
 
 
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