Illegitimacy Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Illegitimacy

illegitimateness
Quality of being illegitimate.
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bastardy
The condition of being born to parents not married to each other.
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bastardism
The condition of being born out of wedlock; bastardy.
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illegality
An illegal act.
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illicitness
The characteristic of being illicit.
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unlawfulness
(Uncountable) The state of being unlawful.
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bar-sinister
A heraldic bend or baton sinister, held to signify bastardy. Not in technical use.
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illegitimation
(Obsolete) The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy.
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Antonyms for Illegitimacy

legitimacy
The quality or fact of being legitimate.
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Words Related to Illegitimacy

crimes
Plural form of crime
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law
An impromptu or extralegal system of justice substituted for established judicial procedure:
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kin
A relation, typically by blood; sometimes used to refer to relations by marriage or adoption.
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pauperism
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Illegitimacy Sentence Examples

  • The percentage of illegitimacy is about 7.

  • Deliverance from the pantheistic conception of the universe comes through the recognition of the central place occupied by thought and purpose in the actual world, and, as a consequence of this, of the illegitimacy of the abstraction whereby material energy is taken for the ultimate reality.

  • A year later the child was placed under the protection of King Inge, after whose death in 1217 he was chosen king; though until 1223 the church refused to recognize him, on the ground of illegitimacy, and the Pope's dispensation for his coronation was not gained until much later.

  • Illegitimacy is highest in Bavaria (about 15%), Berlin (14%), and over 12% in Saxony, MecklenburgSchwerin and Saxe-Meiningen.

  • The percentage of illegitimacy is high as a whole, although in some of the rural districts it is very low.

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