illegitimateadjective
uk/ˌɪl.ɪˈdʒɪt.ə.mət/us/ˌɪl.ɪˈdʒɪt̬.ə.mət/born of parents not married to each other
formal not legal or fair:
The rebels regard the official parliament as illegitimate.
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Parents & children
- babyhood
- bastard
- child abuse
- child-friendly
- conjoined twins
- identical twin
- latchkey kid
- legitimate
- love child
- motherhood
- motherless
- parenthood
- patter
- quad
- quadruplet
- quintuplet
- sextuplet
- tug of love
- twin
- without issue idiom
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illegitimacy
noun [ U ] uk/ˌɪl.ɪˈdʒɪt.ə.mə.si/us/ˌɪl.ɪˈdʒɪt̬.ə.mə.si/