What is "illegitimate" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does illegitimate mean in English? Meaning of illegitimate definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "illegitimate" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "illegitimate": the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents

Noun

  • Meaning: the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
  • Synonyms: bastard by-blow illegitimate illegitimate child love child whoreson
  • Hypernyms: issue offspring progeny
  • Meaning of "illegitimate": contrary to or forbidden by law

    Adjective

  • Meaning: contrary to or forbidden by law
  • Example: an illegitimate seizure of power illicit trade an outlaw strike unlawful measures
  • Synonyms: illegitimate illicit outlaw outlawed unlawful
  • Similar: illegal
  • Meaning of "illegitimate": of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful

    Adjective

  • Meaning: of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful
  • Synonyms: illegitimate
  • Antonyms: legitimate
  • Similar: adulterine base baseborn bastardly fatherless left-handed misbegot misbegotten spurious unlawful wrongful
  • Also see: illegal invalid unauthorised unauthorized
  • Adjective: Illegal; against the law.Born to unmarried parents. an illegitimate childIllogical; incorrectly deduced. an illegitimate inferenceNot authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious. an illegitimate word(botany) Involving the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers. illegitimate union; illegitimate fertilization (Can we find and add a quotation of Darwin to this entry?)
  • Synonyms:

    unauthorized, illegal, unconstitutional, unlawful, invalid, improper, illicit, contraband, wrong, misbegotten, spurious, wicked, supposititious, unsanctioned,

    Antonyms:

    authorized, lawful, legal, legitimate, moral, ethical, justifiable, sanctioned, warranted, good, right, proper, blessed,

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    illegitimate in English: illegitimate
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