illegitimacy
illegitimacy
Definition
il·le·giti·macy (il′ə jit′ə mə sē)
noun pl. -·cies
the fact, condition, or quality of being illegitimate
Etymology: < illegitimate + -cy
illegitimacy
Synonyms
illegitimacy
n.
illegitimacy
Law Definition
n
The status of being born to
parents who are not married to one another.
illegitimacy
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- debt: Understanding the illegitimacy of the debt reinforces the arguments for debt cancelation, and opens up some new options for accomplishing this.
Converse of object
- denote: An alias, often abbreviated to ' als ' in the registers did not always denote illegitimacy, however.
Preposition: at
- heart: Surely, it must be folly to place illegitimacy at the heart of the constitution as a deliberate principle.
Adjective modifier
- alleged: According to William, Athelstan's alleged illegitimacy was the grounds that one Alfred used in an attempt to prevent Athelstan being crowned.
- encouraging: Much on the media is promoting promiscuity, maligning marriage, and encouraging illegitimacy.
- e.g.: Modern society has challenged negative stereotypes about identity e.g. illegitimacy, race.
- political: The real causes include political illegitimacy, corruption and gross macroeconomic mismanagement.
- own: My mother hid her own illegitimacy this way for a long time.
Modifies a noun
- rate: By the end of the war the illegitimacy rate was about 6 % .
Browse dictionary entries near illegitimacy
- illegibly
- illegible
- illegally obtained evidence
- illegalize
- illegal
- illative
- illation
- Illampu
- ill-wisher
- ill will
- illegitimate
- illiberal
- illicit
- Illimani
- illimitable
- illinium
- Illinois
- Illinoisan
- illiquid
- illite
