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illegitimation

/adjective, noun il-i-jit-uh-mit; verb il-i-jit-uh-meyt/US // adjective, noun ˌɪl ɪˈdʒɪt ə mɪt; verb ˌɪl ɪˈdʒɪt əˌmeɪt //UK // (ˌɪlɪˈdʒɪtɪmɪt) //

不合法化,非法性,不合法行为,违法行为

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : born of parents who are not married to each other; born out of wedlock: an illegitimate child.
    • : not legitimate; not sanctioned by law or custom.
    • : unlawful; illegal: an illegitimate action.
    • : irregular; not in good usage.
    • : Logic. not in accordance with the principles of valid inference.
    • : Obsolete. of or relating to stage plays in which musical numbers were inserted because of laws that gave only a few theaters the exclusive right to produce straight dramas.acting in or producing such productions.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person recognized or looked upon as illegitimate.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    il·le·git·i·mat·ed, il·le·git·i·mat·ing.

    • : to declare illegitimate.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Anything they propose — whether it be policy, unity or accountability — is going to be viewed as illegitimate by a decent portion of Americans.

  • Some will dismiss my arguments as illegitimate simply because they come from the hated mainstream media.

  • By encouraging their followers to see their political opponents as illegitimate — and letting them follow that logic where it leads — Republicans have been flirting with this kind of anti-democratic behavior for years.

  • If we were to wake up tomorrow and decree that all NDAs are now defunct, companies would have both legitimate and illegitimate concerns.

  • Yanzhong Huang, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, says such fears are “not entirely illegitimate” given reports of similar incidents in mainland China.

  • She was also an autodidact, an illegitimate girl from the provinces whose intelligence became the stuff of legend.

  • You should be so proud of yourself working for an illegitimate rag like the Daily Beast.

  • In 1483 the princes were publicly declared illegitimate by a cleric.

  • But a large majority also view the government in Kiev as illegitimate.

  • Britain is not illegitimate because it has a cross on its flag and an Anglican head of a state.

  • Estates sufficient to support the highest rank in the peerage were distributed among his illegitimate children.

  • To the class of mothers of illegitimate children the Commissioners devoted much attention.

  • We find it advising that the mothers of illegitimate children should, on this ground alone, not be granted outdoor relief.

  • The population tends slowly to increase; about 45% of the births are illegitimate, and males are more numerous than females.

  • Her baby, when born, is exposed as being illegitimate, but found by a goatherd and brought up—becoming the all but deified Atys.