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The Court is most vulnerable and comes nearest to illegitimacy when it deals with judge-made constitutional law having little or no cognizable roots in the language or design of the Constitution.
Byron White

Meaning of "illegitimacy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ILLEGITIMACY

illegitimacy  [ˌɪlɪˈdʒɪtɪməsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ILLEGITIMACY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Illegitimacy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ILLEGITIMACY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

illegitimacy

Legitimacy (law)

In Western common law, legitimacy is the status of a child born to parents who are legally married to each other; and of a child conceived before the parents receive a legal divorce. Conversely, illegitimacy (or bastardy) is the status of a child born outside marriage. The consequences of illegitimacy have pertained mainly to a child's rights of inheritance to the putative father's estate and the child's right to bear the father's surname or title. Illegitimacy has also had consequences for the mother's and child's right to support from the putative father. (See Affiliation (family law).) Today, births outside marriage represent a majority in a growing number of European and most Latin American countries, but remain rare in Asia.

Definition of illegitimacy in the English dictionary

The first definition of illegitimacy in the dictionary is the state of being born of parents who were not married to each other at the time of the birth. Other definition of illegitimacy is the state of being unlawful. Illegitimacy is also the state of being contrary to logic or incorrectly reasoned.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ILLEGITIMACY


animacy
ˈænɪməsɪ
Christmassy
ˈkrɪsməsɪ
contumacy
ˈkɒntjʊməsɪ
diathermacy
ˌdaɪəˈθɜːməsɪ
diplomacy
dɪˈpləʊməsɪ
docimasy
ˈdɒsɪməsɪ
humusy
ˈhjuːməsɪ
intimacy
ˈɪntɪməsɪ
monochromasy
ˌmɒnəʊˈkrəʊməsɪ
paronomasy
ˌpærəˈnɒməsɪ
pharmacy
ˈfɑːməsɪ
polypharmacy
ˌpɒlɪˈfɑːməsɪ
primacy
ˈpraɪməsɪ
supremacy
sʊˈprɛməsɪ
ultimacy
ˈʌltɪməsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ILLEGITIMACY

illegal
illegal alien
illegal immigrant
illegalisation
illegalise
illegality
illegalization
illegalize
illegally
illegibility
illegible
illegibleness
illegibly
illegitimate
illegitimately
illegitimateness
illiberal
illiberalism
illiberality
illiberally

WORDS THAT END LIKE ILLEGITIMACY

adequacy
advocacy
bureaucracy
conspiracy
delicacy
democracy
dollar diplomacy
efficacy
fallacy
gunboat diplomacy
lacy
legacy
legitimacy
literacy
piracy
privacy
racy
shuttle diplomacy
Tracy
White supremacy

Synonyms and antonyms of illegitimacy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ILLEGITIMACY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «illegitimacy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of illegitimacy

Translation of «illegitimacy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ILLEGITIMACY

Find out the translation of illegitimacy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of illegitimacy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «illegitimacy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

非婚生
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ilegitimidad
570 millions of speakers

English

illegitimacy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हरामीपन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شرعية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

незаконность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ilegitimidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অবৈধতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

illégitimité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak sah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unrechtmäßigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

違法
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

위법
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Illegitimacy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không hợp pháp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நெறிக்குட்பட்டுத்தான்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेकायदेशीरपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gayri meşruluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

illegittimità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

illegitimacy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

незаконність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ilegitimitatea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρανομία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

buite-egtelikheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

illegitimitet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

illegitimitet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of illegitimacy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ILLEGITIMACY»

The term «illegitimacy» is regularly used and occupies the 57.232 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ILLEGITIMACY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «illegitimacy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «illegitimacy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about illegitimacy

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QUOTES WITH «ILLEGITIMACY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word illegitimacy.
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Byron White
The Court is most vulnerable and comes nearest to illegitimacy when it deals with judge-made constitutional law having little or no cognizable roots in the language or design of the Constitution.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ILLEGITIMACY»

Discover the use of illegitimacy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to illegitimacy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Courtship, Illegitimacy, and Marriage in Early Modern England
A study of illegitimacy in England between 1538 and 1754, this text assembles data from over 500 parishes across the country, providing a detailed reconstruction of the lives and marital histories of the women and men who had children, both ...
Richard Adair, 1996
2
Illegitimacy in Renaissance Florence
An investigation of the complex social and legal issues surrounding illegitimate offspring in Renaissance Florence
Thomas Kuehn, 2002
3
The Illegitimacy of Nationalism: Rabindranath Tagore and the ...
Analysis of Rabindranath Tagore's views on nationalism in India.
Ashis Nandy, 1994
4
Imagining Illegitimacy in Classical Greek Literature
In Imagining Illegitimacy, Mary Ebbott investigates metaphors of illegitimacy in classical Greek literature, concentrating in particular on the way in which the illegitimate child (nothos) is imagined in narratives.
Mary Ebbott, 2003
5
New-born Child Murder: Women, Illegitimacy and the Courts in ...
This text concerns women who were accused of murdering their new-born children in the 18th century.
Mark Jackson, 1996
6
Measuring Immorality: Social Inquiry and the Problem of ...
This book examines the process by which social science transforms a biological event - a birth - into a social and moral problem.
Gail Reekie, 1998
7
Bastards and Foundlings: Illegitimacy in Eighteenth-century ...
By recreating the context of the national preoccupation with bastardy, with a special emphasis on the gender of the fictional bastard/foundling, Zunshine offers new readings of "canonical" texts, such as Steele's The Conscious Lovers, Defoe ...
Lisa Zunshine, 2005
8
The Illegitimacy of Jesus: A Feminist Theological ...
This work of impeccable New Testament scholarship was a sensation when it was first published in 1987.
Jane Schaberg, 2006
9
Bastardy and its comparative history: studies in the history ...
Studies in the history of illegitimacy and marital nonconformism in Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, North America, Jamaica, and Japan.
Peter Laslett, Karla Oosterveen, Richard Michael Smith, 1980
10
Public Lives, Private Secrets: Gender, Honor, Sexuality, and ...
For this book, she has not only analyzed the gracias al sacar documents of some 240 illegitimates, but also traced the histories of those involved in eighteen major archives in Spain, the Caribbean, Mexico, and South America.
Ann Twinam, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ILLEGITIMACY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term illegitimacy is used in the context of the following news items.
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The lose-lose election | The Economist
They would be reduced to a small rump in the legislature and confronted yet again with proof of their unpopularity and the illegitimacy of their ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
2
Alnwick, July meeting - Northumberland Gazette
Illegitimacy has played a central role in many great novels by such writers as Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens. It has always been a ... «Northumberland Gazette, Jul 15»
3
California's Latino Education Crisis | Frontpage Mag
Runaway Illegitimacy is Creating a New U.S. Underclass," writes: "Hispanics now dominate the federal Women, Infants, And Children free food ... «FrontPage Magazine, Jul 15»
4
The Troubling Implications of Hillary's Anti-BDS Letter | Stephen Zunes
... Council resolutions, rulings of the International Court of Justice, and longstanding international legal principles that recognize the illegitimacy ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
5
Restated US distinction between Israel and its settlements a green …
... affirm the illegitimacy of the settlements and thereby strengthen Israel's legitimacy and security within its internationally recognized borders. «National Catholic Reporter, Jul 15»
6
The Nuclear Deal In Context: Understanding Iran's Dangerous Rise
The region has experienced a disturbing continuity of corruption, economic stagnation and political illegitimacy at best. At worst, countries have ... «Elite Daily, Jul 15»
7
The case for keeping religious tax exemptions is astonishingly weak
... isn't out of the realm of possibility that churches whose doctrine maintains the illegitimacy of same-sex relationships could face similar issues. «AMERICAblog, Jul 15»
8
LETTER: Taking down flag was right; now what?
... in a two-parent household, the black illegitimacy rate is 72 percent, and ... an extremely high illegitimacy rate, and the breakdown of the black ... «Statesville Record & Landmark, Jul 15»
9
June Wasn't All Wins For Left-Wing Culture Warriors
... racism in America — an issue symbolized by the illegitimacy of flying the Confederate battle flag on the grounds of the state capitol building. «Mintpress News, Jul 15»
10
Obergefell Fallout: Heather Has Two Daddies—and No Mommy
One purpose of matrimony is to establish paternity, although even with illegitimacy and divorce, the identity of the baby's father is usually known ... «Christian Post, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
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