illegitimacy

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Mr. Brandreth also appreciates quite a few of Milne’s 40 well-made plays, which fashionably skirt around then-trendy issues of authenticity and illegitimacy in the most un-Ibsen-like way possible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

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

As I was reading the book, I remembered the illegitimacy I felt as a child when I realized my parents were unwed.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2023

"Declaration of illegitimacy is step 1," Rhodes texted in the middle of a dinner of middlebrow Italian-American cuisine.

From Salon • Nov. 3, 2022

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

From "Emma" by Jane Austen