Definition of illegitimacy
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:the quality or state of being illegitimate
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:bastardy 2
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Examples of illegitimacy in a Sentence
she had learned of her illegitimacy while rummaging through old family records in the attic
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They weren’t only aligned on Obama’s illegitimacy, Arpaio said.
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This story excites right-wing media because if Rich—and not the Russians—were responsible for the leaks that damaged Hillary Clinton’s campaign, then the cloud of suspicion and illegitimacy would be removed from Trump’s presidency.
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Every reminder that a stench of illegitimacy hovers over Trump’s administration has the capacity to unglue him.
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Megan Desrochers, a 21-year-old student from Lansing, Michigan, says her sense of Trump’s illegitimacy is more about why he was elected.
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A sense of illegitimacyMichael D’Antonio, an author-journalist who was part of a Pulitzer Prize team at Newsday, is a longtime Trump watcher and a Trump biographer.
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A sense of illegitimacy Michael D’Antonio, an author-journalist who was part of a Pulitzer Prize team at Newsday, is a longtime Trump watcher and a Trump biographer.
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The charge of illegitimacy made last week by John Lewis was part of a broader turn among Democratic representatives toward a politics of unified opposition, with an emphasis on the defense of working people.
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First Known Use of illegitimacy
1680
illegitimacy Synonyms
Law Dictionary
illegitimacy
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noun
il·le·git·i·ma·cy
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ˌi-li-ˈji-tə-mə-sē
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legal Definition of illegitimacy
:the quality or state of being illegitimate
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