What does illegitimacy mean?

Definitions for illegitimacy
ˌɪl ɪˈdʒɪt ə mə siil·le·git·i·ma·cy

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word illegitimacy.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. bastardy, illegitimacy, bar sinisternoun

    the status of being born to parents who were not married

  2. illegitimacynoun

    unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law

Wiktionary

  1. illegitimacynoun

    The state or condition of being illegitimate

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Illegitimacynoun

    State of bastardry.

    Etymology: from illegitimate.

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  1. illegitimacy

    Illegitimacy is a term referring to the state or condition of being born to parents who are not legally married to each other; it means being born out of wedlock. It can also refer to something that is not authorized, recognized, or sanctioned by law or rules; hence, considered as invalid, illegal, or unlawful.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Illegitimacynoun

    the state of being illegitimate

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Illegitimacy

    The state of birth outside of wedlock. It may refer to the offspring or the parents.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of illegitimacy in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of illegitimacy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of illegitimacy in a Sentence

  1. Rudy Giuliani:

    There are many privileges to work your way through including a Sixth Amendment attorney-client and attorney-work product privilege. I'm not saying I will or will not. The illegitimacy of the investigation is only one and maybe not decisive.

  2. Adam Kinzinger:

    What I have a real issue with is making unfounded claims of fraud and illegitimacy, and that has a real damaging effect.

  3. Mu Sochua:

    Hun Sen is running alone, but still scared of defeat, the question of illegitimacy is what he needs to deal with inside and outside the country.

  4. Republican Rep. Jason Lewis:

    What the welfare state has done to the black community, a hundred years of racism could not do, a hundred years of racism could not break it up, it could not destroy black families. Jim Crow could not do it. But what dependency has done, is has caused unwanted pregnancy, illegitimacy. It has told young black males that they are dispensable, they don't need to hang around when mom needs support or whatever and it has destroyed -- and not just black communities, but any urban community, and so what you've got here is now they're addicted. Large swaths of Hispanic communities, black communities are addicted to these, these subsidies.

  5. Dan Quayle:

    Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.

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