as in illegitimacy
the state or fact of being born out of wedlock
back in the days when the bar sinister was a real obstacle to social acceptance
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illegitimacy
Noun
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But those in power refuted these links and instead emphasized the disloyalty and illegitimacy of disobeying the will of the majority.—
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2 July 2025 -
Nan’s illegitimacy became a big subject of conversation last season when the news leaked out ahead of her engagement to Theo.—
Dessi Gomez,
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18 June 2025
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“Bar sinister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bar%20sinister. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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