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词汇 illegitimacy
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Definition of illegitimacy in English:

illegitimacy

noun ɪlɪˈdʒɪtɪməsi
mass noun
  • 1The state of not being in accordance with accepted standards or rules; lack of authorization by the law.

    she talks with anger about the illegitimacy of the election
    Example sentencesExamples
    • An even deeper problem than the perceived illegitimacy of privatization was its frequent irrelevance.
    • Cannabis is mainly used in excess because of the buzz of illegitimacy.
    • We need to identify moral resources for recognizing the illegitimacy of such demands.
    • This increases yet further the illegitimacy of this government to govern.
    • There seems a persistent air of illegitimacy about the genre.
    • She spoke of the illegitimacy of their actions.
    • Either side would be grumbling today about illegitimacy had the other won.
    • They also launched media campaigns accusing the government of illegitimacy and totalitarian intentions.
    • Ideologists analyzing the war focus on its illegitimacy.
    • We've heard from consumers about the illegitimacy of pirated software.
  • 2The state of being born to parents not lawfully married to each other.

    the citizens refuse to believe Buckingham's stories about the princes' illegitimacy
    as modifier the illegitimacy rate
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Infants might be abandoned for a number of reasons, including illegitimacy.
    • Because the school required proof of birth, her illegitimacy was well-known to both the faculty and students.
    • In his day, the stigma of illegitimacy marked such children.
    • It had a twenty percent illegitimacy rate in 1993.
    • Illegitimacy was no longer stigmatized and unmarried mothers were given all the rights of married women.
    • Until roughly the beginning of the eighteenth century, the illegitimacy ratio was 4 percent or less.
    • The illegitimacy ratio in the late 1990s was 33 percent.
    • Despite his illegitimacy, he declared William his successor.
    • The national illegitimacy rate soared.
    • The citizens refuse to believe his stories about the princes' illegitimacy.

Rhymes

legitimacy

Definition of illegitimacy in US English:

illegitimacy

nounˈˌi(l)ləˈjidəməsē
  • 1The state of not being in accordance with accepted standards or rules; lack of authorization by the law.

    she talks with anger about the illegitimacy of the election
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She spoke of the illegitimacy of their actions.
    • Either side would be grumbling today about illegitimacy had the other won.
    • This increases yet further the illegitimacy of this government to govern.
    • Cannabis is mainly used in excess because of the buzz of illegitimacy.
    • There seems a persistent air of illegitimacy about the genre.
    • They also launched media campaigns accusing the government of illegitimacy and totalitarian intentions.
    • Ideologists analyzing the war focus on its illegitimacy.
    • We need to identify moral resources for recognizing the illegitimacy of such demands.
    • An even deeper problem than the perceived illegitimacy of privatization was its frequent irrelevance.
    • We've heard from consumers about the illegitimacy of pirated software.
  • 2The state of being born to parents not lawfully married to each other.

    the citizens refuse to believe Buckingham's stories about the princes' illegitimacy
    as modifier the illegitimacy rate
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In his day, the stigma of illegitimacy marked such children.
    • Despite his illegitimacy, he declared William his successor.
    • Until roughly the beginning of the eighteenth century, the illegitimacy ratio was 4 percent or less.
    • The national illegitimacy rate soared.
    • The citizens refuse to believe his stories about the princes' illegitimacy.
    • Illegitimacy was no longer stigmatized and unmarried mothers were given all the rights of married women.
    • Because the school required proof of birth, her illegitimacy was well-known to both the faculty and students.
    • It had a twenty percent illegitimacy rate in 1993.
    • Infants might be abandoned for a number of reasons, including illegitimacy.
    • The illegitimacy ratio in the late 1990s was 33 percent.
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