spuriousness

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
Noun
  • 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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