Synonyms for "illegitimacy" (7 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)

bastardy

bastardy

Strong matches (2)

unlawfulness

Noun(1 words)

bar sinister

Related words (3)

bastardbatonillegitimate

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

3 entries

positionstatusunlawfulness

More specific

4 entries

illegalityillogicalityinvalidityspuriousness

Antonyms

1 entries

legitimacy

Synonyms

1 entries

bastardy

is a

1 entries

unlawfulness

related to

1 entries

illegitimate

Translations

13 translations across 11 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries

• il·legitimitat noun (being illegitimate)

French

1 entries

• illégitimité noun (being illegitimate)

Galician

1 entries

• ilexitimidade noun (being illegitimate)

Georgian

3 entries

• არაკანონიერება noun (being illegitimate)
• არალეგიტიმურობა noun (being illegitimate)
• უკანონობა noun (being illegitimate)

German

1 entries

• Unrechtmäßigkeit noun (being illegitimate)

Hanunoo

1 entries

• kalyag noun (being illegitimate)

Irish

1 entries

• neamhdhlisteanacht noun (being illegitimate)

Italian

1 entries

• illegittimità noun (being illegitimate)

Portuguese

1 entries

• ilegitimidade noun (being illegitimate)

Russian

1 entries

• незако́нность noun (being illegitimate)

Swedish

1 entries

• illegitimitet noun (being illegitimate)

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