"illegitimacy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪlɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi/, [ɪlɨˈd͡ʒɪɾɨməsi] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-illegitimacy.wav Forms: illegitimacies [plural]
Etymology: From illegitimate + -acy; may also be analyzed as il- + legitimacy. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|illegitimate|-acy}} illegitimate + -acy, {{affix|en|il-|legitimacy}} il- + legitimacy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} illegitimacy (countable and uncountable, plural illegitimacies)
  1. The state of being illegitimate. Tags: countable, uncountable Hyponyms: invalidity, illegality, illogicality, spuriousness
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  2. The state of being illegitimate.
    The state of being born to parents who were not legally married to each other.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: bastardy Hyponyms: invalidity, illegality, illogicality, spuriousness
    Sense id: en-illegitimacy-en-noun-GLzUeYbj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with il-, English terms suffixed with -acy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with il-: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -acy: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (being illegitimate): illégitimité [feminine] (French), ilexitimidade [feminine] (Galician), არაკანონიერება (araḳanoniereba) (Georgian), არალეგიტიმურობა (aralegiṭimuroba) (Georgian), უკანონობა (uḳanonoba) (Georgian), Unrechtmäßigkeit [feminine] (German), neamhdhlisteanacht [feminine] (Irish), illegittimità [feminine] (Italian), незако́нность (nezakónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), illegitimitet [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'being illegitimate': 50 50

Inflected forms

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