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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Nan’s illegitimacy became a big subject of conversation last season when the news leaked out ahead of her engagement to Theo.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
18 June 2025 -
He was concerned with how a great power handles multiple internal crises—the faltering of the institutions of domestic order, the craftiness of unmoored and venal politicians, the first tremors of systemic illegitimacy.—
CHARLES KING,
Foreign Affairs,
30 June 2020
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“Spuriousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spuriousness. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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