illegitimacy

Example Sentences

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The University of Washington appears to have enshrined an orthodoxy about the illegitimacy of its own existence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

He also insisted that Iran's doctrine was "rooted in our belief in the prohibition and illegitimacy of nuclear weapons".

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2025

What do you hope readers learn about illegitimacy?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2023

A military commission examining the practice in 2005 concluded that it bordered on illegality and illegitimacy.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2023

“A degradation to illegitimacy and ignorance, to be married to a respectable, intelligent gentleman-farmer!”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen