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When the state or federal government control the education of all of our children, they have the dangerous and illegitimate monopoly to control and influence the thought process of our citizens.
Michael Badnarik

Meaning of "illegitimate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ILLEGITIMATE

illegitimate  [ˌɪlɪˈdʒɪtɪmɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ILLEGITIMATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Illegitimate can act as a noun and an adjective.
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.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ILLEGITIMATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

illegitimate

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 illegitimate in the English dictionary

The first definition of illegitimate in the dictionary is born of parents who were not married to each other at the time of birth; bastard. Other definition of illegitimate is forbidden by law; illegal; unlawful. Illegitimate is also contrary to logic; incorrectly reasoned.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ILLEGITIMATE


antepenultimate
ˌæntɪpɪˈnʌltɪmɪt
approximate
əˈprɒksɪmɪt
climate
ˈklaɪmɪt
delimit
diːˈlɪmɪt
ecoclimate
ˌiːkəʊˈklaɪmɪt
exanimate
ɪɡˈzænɪmɪt
guesstimate
ˈɡɛstɪmɪt
inanimate
ɪnˈænɪmɪt
intimate
ˈɪntɪmɪt
legitimate
lɪˈdʒɪtɪmɪt
limit
ˈlɪmɪt
macroclimate
ˈmækrəʊˌklaɪmɪt
microclimate
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌklaɪmɪt
penultimate
pɪˈnʌltɪmɪt
prelimit
priːˈlɪmɪt
proximate
ˈprɒksɪmɪt
semmit
ˈsɪmɪt
sublimit
ˈsʌbˌlɪmɪt
ultimate
ˈʌltɪmɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ILLEGITIMATE

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE ILLEGITIMATE

animate
collimate
continental climate
corrosive sublimate
cost estimate
decimate
disanimate
estimate
guestimate
interval estimate
mate
misestimate
optimate
overestimate
palaeoclimate
point estimate
primate
reanimate
reestimate
sublimate
underestimate

Synonyms and antonyms of illegitimate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ILLEGITIMATE»

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

Translation of «illegitimate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ILLEGITIMATE

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

Translator English - Chinese

私生子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ilegítima
570 millions of speakers

English

illegitimate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नाजायज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير شرعي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нелегитимными
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ilegítimo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অবৈধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

illégitime
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak sah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

illegitim
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

違法の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불법
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora sah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bất hợp pháp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முறைகேடான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनौरस संतती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gayri meşru
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

illegittimo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezprawne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нелегітимними
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nelegitim
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παράνομη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onwettig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

illegitim
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

illegitim
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of illegitimate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ILLEGITIMATE»

The term «illegitimate» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.708 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ILLEGITIMATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «illegitimate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «illegitimate» 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 illegitimate

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10 QUOTES WITH «ILLEGITIMATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word illegitimate.
1
Nancy Astor
I refuse to admit that I am more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.
2
Clement Attlee
Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
3
Michael Badnarik
When the state or federal government control the education of all of our children, they have the dangerous and illegitimate monopoly to control and influence the thought process of our citizens.
4
J. William Fulbright
I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity, as if there were something dangerous and illegitimate about honest differences of opinion honestly expressed by honest men.
5
Noreena Hertz
Countries that need monies so that they can provide health care and education and shelter to their people shouldn't have to repay debts that we knowingly lent to bad regimes long since gone; and all illegitimate debts - debts lent to these terrible dictators like Saddam Hussein, like Suharto, like Marcos - must also be canceled.
6
Saddam Hussein
If you are Iraqi, you know who I am... and you know that I do not tire. I am the president of Iraq and I refuse to answer these questions because this court is illegitimate.
7
Raymond Kelly
For some, the very act of intelligence gathering seems illegitimate when applied to the crime of terrorism.
8
Nikita Khrushchev
What innocence, may I ask, is being played here when it is known that this virtuous damsel has already got a dozen illegitimate children?
9
James Madison
Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.
10
Michael Mandelbaum
Inequality of any kind, once considered a normal, natural part of human existence, came to be seen in the course of the twentieth century as increasingly illegitimate.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ILLEGITIMATE»

Discover the use of illegitimate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to illegitimate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Illegitimate: How a Loving God Rescued a Son of Polygamy
Now Brian tells his remarkable story of tragedy and healing. Illegitimate takes readers behind the shocking headlines and inside the walls of this controversial sect.
Brian J. Mackert, Susan Martins Miller, 2011
2
Illegitimate
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Josiah Pitts Woolfolk, 2009
3
A Book of Secrets: Illegitimate Daughters, Absent Fathers
In A Book of Secrets, Holroyd gives voice to fragile human connections and the mystery of place.
Michael Holroyd, 2011
4
Illegitimate Theatre in London, 1770-1840
This book explores British illegitimate theatre towards the end of the eighteenth century.
Jane Moody, 2007
5
Illegitimate Power: Bastards in Renaissance Drama
The final chapter of the book considers bastards in performance; their relationship with theatre spaces and audiences.
Alison Findlay, 1994
6
Illegitimate Children of the Enlightenment: Anarchists and ...
This book examines one of those factions, the anarchist movement, and the role played by the French Revolution in its political thought and action.
C. Alexander McKinley, 2008
7
Tough Choices: Bearing an Illegitimate Child in Japan
This is the only scholarly account that offers sufficient detail to allow for extensive comparisons with unmarried mothers in the West.
Ekaterina Hertog, 2009
8
Illegitimate Media: Race, Gender and Censorship in Digital ...
In 2008, the term "remix culture" is widely understood to refer to mash-up videos and movie parodies, distributed on websites such as YouTube and authored primarily by white male teenagers.
Abigail T. Derecho, 2008
9
The Illegitimate Tycoon (Mills & Boon M&B) (Bad Blood - Book 6)
Rafael. . . Brooding.
Janette Kenny, 2011
10
The Book of Harold: The Illegitimate Son of God
During a boring office party, a middle-aged suburbanite announces that he is the Second Coming of Christ and embarks on a two-hundred mile walk to Austin with a group of misfit and mismatched disciples.
Owen Egerton, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ILLEGITIMATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term illegitimate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Keep medical records available for illegitimate child
Dear Annie: My husband has been dead for years. He was strong, handsome and successful, but not faithful. Women shamelessly threw ... «Beatrice Daily Sun, Jul 15»
2
A Canadian Reader Asks Why The Confederacy Is Considered …
A Canadian Reader Asks Why The Confederacy Is Considered More Illegitimate Than The 1776 Rebels. VDARE.com Reader July 10, 2015 ... «VDARE.com, Jul 15»
3
State violence and illegitimate response
State violence and illegitimate response to ILP demand. 10th July 2015. CORE logo (new). The Centre for Organisation Research and ... «E-Pao.net, Jul 15»
4
Does Scripture doom an illegitimate child?
They are illegitimate and can never lay a firm foundation with values that are deeply rooted. I was born out of wedlock; my Dad's family called ... «CatholicPhilly.com, Jul 15»
5
Jackie Chan's illegitimate daughter finally reconciles with mother
Single mother Elaine Ng (吳綺莉) appears to be headed toward reconciliation with her teenage daughter, Etta Ng (吳卓林), who is the ... «Malaysia Chronicle, Jul 15»
6
Machar declares president Kiir illegitimate, calls on him to step down
July 8, 2015 (NAIROBI) – South Sudanese former vice president, Riek Machar, who leads armed opposition faction of the ruling (SPLM) party, ... «Sudan Tribune, Jul 15»
7
Mothers should have custody of illegitimate child
It appears from your narration that your son is an illegitimate child since you were not married to his father. Considering the status of your son, ... «The Manila Times, Jul 15»
8
Greek Debt Committee declares all debt to the Troika 'illegal …
Hence, we came to the conclusion that Greece should not pay this debt because it is illegal, illegitimate, and odious. It has also come to the ... «Workers World, Jul 15»
9
Nobody willing to stop illegitimate Israeli regime: Analyst
A general view of the al-Shejaeiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, which was destroyed during the Israeli war of summer 2014, July 2, 2015. «Press TV, Jul 15»
10
Boom Beach: How to Progress Fast? Stay Away from Illegitimate
The popularity of “Boom Beach” has led to the development of many strategies and guides for the game, some admittedly more successful than ... «Master Herald, Jul 15»

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