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illegitimate
[il-i-jit-uh-mit, il-i-jit-uh-meyt]
adjective
born of parents who are not married to each other; born out of wedlock.
an illegitimate child.
not legitimate; not sanctioned by law or custom.
unlawful; illegal.
an illegitimate action.
irregular; not in good usage.
Logic.not in accordance with the principles of valid inference.
Obsolete.(formerly, in London)
of or relating to stage plays in which musical numbers were inserted because of laws that gave only a few theaters the exclusive right to produce straight dramas.
acting in or producing such productions.
noun
a person recognized or looked upon as illegitimate.
verb (used with object)
to declare illegitimate.
illegitimate
/ ˌɪɪˈɪɪɪ /
adjective
born of parents who were not married to each other at the time of birth; bastard
forbidden by law; illegal; unlawful
contrary to logic; incorrectly reasoned
noun
an illegitimate person; bastard
Other Word Forms
- illegitimately adverb
- illegitimateness noun
- illegitimation noun
- ˌˈپٱ adverb
- ˌˈپ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of illegitimate1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Last Sunday, Trump went even further when he shared a conspiracy theory that President Biden was a clone, i.e., not a real person, a type of Manchurian candidate, and thus an illegitimate president and usurper.
"For defending people's individual guarantees? For mounting an adequate technical defence for a human being? Why should that make me illegitimate?" she asks.
The U.N. and the European Union would condemn the seizure as illegitimate and demand negotiations; stern essays would be written casting America as a pariah state no better than Russia.
"The imposition of minimum services constitutes an illegitimate, disproportionate, and legally unsustainable restriction on the fundamental right to strike," the union said in a press release.
She presented herself as a wealthy, illegitimate daughter of the sultan of Brunei, initially showering Mr Hornigold, his then-partner Heather Kaniuk and his friends with lavish gifts, from cars to homes.
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