as in illegitimacy
the state or fact of being born out of wedlock
the spuriousness of her birth had always bothered her
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illegitimacy
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Perhaps the risk factor on which there is the widest agreement is the public’s perceptions of the government’s illegitimacy alongside admiration for the army.—
Paul D. Miller,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Apr. 2014 -
But those in power refuted these links and instead emphasized the disloyalty and illegitimacy of disobeying the will of the majority.—
Time,
Time,
2 July 2025
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“Spuriousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spuriousness. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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