illegitimacy
noun [ U ] uk/ˌɪl.ɪˈdʒɪt.ə.mə.si/ us/ˌɪl.ɪˈdʒɪt̬.ə.mə.si/
(OF ACTION)
formal非法（性），不法（性）
the condition of being not legal or fair
The illegitimacy of this Bill must be clear to everyone. 必须让所有人都清楚这个法案的非法性。
The country’s problem has been the illegitimacy of its own government. 这个国家的问题一直是其政府的非法性。
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- A whistleblower alleged the illegitimacy of the claimed “marketing” payments.
- Today's antics highlighted the illegitimacy of a hastily crafted process without established precedent or established rules.
- By the 1980s, the illegitimacy of this presumption had become widely recognised.
- I have feelings about the illegitimacy of the presidency.
(OF BIRTH)
私生
the state of being born of parents not married to each other
He was born out of wedlock at a time when there was huge stigma around illegitimacy. 他是私生子，这个身份为当时的社会所轻贱。
The 30-year rise in illegitimacy came to a halt and has remained flat. 私生人数的三十年上升曲线转平且持续平缓。
See: illegitimate
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- Sealing adoptees' birth certificates was seen as a way to protect children born outside of marriage from the stigma of illegitimacy.
- It is unclear why illegitimacy rates began rising rapidly four decades ago.
- You might be alerted to illegitimacy by a blank space where a father's name should be on a birth certificate.
- The stigma of illegitimacy was harsh and the usual practice, where possible, was for the mother to go away to have her child.