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illegitimacy

/ɪlɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi/[ɪlɨˈd͡ʒɪɾɨməsi]

illegitimacy noun: the state of being illegitimate.

Noun

illegitimacy (countable and uncountable, plural illegitimacies)

  1. The state of being illegitimate.
    1. The state of being born to parents who were not legally married to each other.

illegitimacy meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Bengali

illegitimacy in Hindi

being illegitimate
दोग़लापन doġlāpan

illegitimacy in Tamil

முறையிலா மணப்பிறப்பு

illegitimacy in Bengali

অবৈধ হওয়ার অবস্থা

Synonyms of illegitimacy

Forms of illegitimacy

pluralillegitimacies

Origin of illegitimacy

From illegitimate + -cy; may also be analyzed as il- + legitimacy.

Questions about illegitimacy

What does illegitimacy mean?
Illegitimacy means the state of being illegitimate.
What is illegitimacy in Hindi?
Illegitimacy in Hindi is दोग़लापन (doġlāpan). See Illegitimacy meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is illegitimacy?
Illegitimacy is a noun.
How do you pronounce illegitimacy?
Illegitimacy is pronounced /ɪlɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi/.
What is the plural of illegitimacy?
The plural of illegitimacy is illegitimacies.

Words near illegitimacy in the dictionary

  1. illegible
  2. illegibleness
  3. illegibly
  4. illegit
  5. illegitimacies
  6. illegitimacy
  7. illegitimate
  8. illegitimate theater
  9. illegitimate theaters
  10. illegitimate theatre
  11. illegitimate theatres

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: illegitimacy (page history and authors); illegitimacy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); illegitimacy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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