she had learned of her illegitimacy while rummaging through old family records in the attic
Recent Examples on the WebPutin, in a now familiar diatribe, complained about NATO expansion and the illegitimacy of Ukraine’s government. Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022 Zawahiri, during what proved to be the last months of his life, again emphasized the illegitimacy of the international system that Taliban leaders now seek to cultivate. Steve Coll, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2022 Trump’s 2016 campaign marked the moment that the Tea Party’s intimations of illegitimacy were converted into a leading presidential candidate’s political strategy.New York Times, 19 July 2022 That’s better than a conversation about the potential illegitimacy of overturning longstanding precedent allowing reproductive choice.New York Times, 3 May 2022 Xi is challenging that primacy of liberal ideals, which automatically casts a dark shadow of illegitimacy over his oppressive regime. Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 14 Dec. 2021 Despite the onus of his illegitimacy, Smithson prospered as a chemist and mineralogist. Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Aug. 2021 There is also evidence that people’s views about the legitimacy—or illegitimacy—of law enforcement may influence their willingness to carry and thus use guns even more than concerns about being stopped by the police or victimized themselves. John Pfaff, The New Republic, 21 June 2021 His lies about the election took root in fertile soil among conservatives, nurturing grievances about their counter-majoritarian status in American politics and amplifying their rhetoric about Democrats’ supposed electoral illegitimacy. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 1 June 2021 See More