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

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1. illegitimacynoun

   Synonyms:
   bastardy

2. illegitimacynoun

   The state or condition of being illegitimate

   Synonyms:
   bastardy

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1. bastardy, illegitimacy, bar sinisternoun

   the status of being born to parents who were not married

   Synonyms:
   bend sinister, bastardy, bar sinister

   Antonyms:
   legitimacy

2. illegitimacynoun

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

   Synonyms:
   bastardy, bar sinister

   Antonyms:
   legitimacy

Matched Categories

1. • Status
   • Unlawfulness

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1. List of paraphrases for "illegitimacy":

   illegality, unlawfulness

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1. Dan Quayle:

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

2. 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.

3. Adam Kinzinger:

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

4. 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.

5. 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.