illegitimacy
noun[U]
uk/ˌɪl.ɪˈdʒɪt.ə.mə.si/us/ˌɪl.ɪˈdʒɪt̬.ə.mə.si/illegitimacynoun[U](OF ACTION)
formal
theconditionof being notlegalorfair:
非法（性），不法（性）The illegitimacy of thisBillmust beclearto everyone.必须让所有人都清楚这个法案的非法性。
The country’sproblemhas been the illegitimacy ofitsowngovernment.这个国家的问题一直是其政府的非法性。
- A whistleblowerallegedthe illegitimacy of theclaimed“marketing”payments.
- Today'santicshighlightedthe illegitimacy of ahastilycraftedprocesswithoutestablishedprecedentorestablishedrules.
- By the 1980s, the illegitimacy of thispresumptionhadbecomewidelyrecognised.
- I havefeelingsabout the illegitimacy of thepresidency.
Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly
- ableism
- ableist
- agism
- agist
- Anglocentric
- discriminate
- discrimination
- discriminatory
- elitism
- elitist
- one-sided
- one-sidedness
- one-way
- othering
- partial
- unbalance
- unequal
- unequally
- uneven
- unevenly
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Legal & illegal
illegitimacynoun[U](OF BIRTH)
thestateof beingbornofparentsnotmarriedto each other:
私生He wasbornout ofwedlockat atimewhen there washugestigmaaround illegitimacy.他是私生子，这个身份为当时的社会所轻贱。
The 30-yearrisein illegitimacy came to ahaltand hasremainedflat.私生人数的三十年上升曲线转平且持续平缓。
See
illegitimate
- Sealing adoptees'birthcertificateswasseenas a way toprotectchildrenbornoutsideofmarriagefrom thestigmaof illegitimacy.
- It isunclearwhy illegitimacyratesbeganrisingrapidlyfourdecadesago.
- You might bealertedto illegitimacy by ablankspacewhere a father'snameshould be on abirthcertificate.
- Thestigmaof illegitimacy washarshand theusualpractice, wherepossible, was for themotherto go away to have herchild.
Parents & children
- babyhood
- babymoon
- bastard
- brat
- child abuse
- fraternal twin
- guardianship
- identical twin
- kiddo
- parent
- parentage
- parental
- parenthood
- step-parent
- the generation gap
- the patter(ing) of tiny feetidiom
- triplet
- tug of love
- twin
- without issueidiom