Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Illegitimacy

The state of birth outside of wedlock. It may refer to the offspring or the parents.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The state of birth outside of wedlock. It may refer to the offspring or the parents.

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Synonyms

13 entry terms
  • Legitimacy
  • Pregnancy, Premarital
  • Premarital Pregnancy
  • Unmarried Fathers
  • Unmarried Mothers
  • Father, Unmarried
  • Fathers, Unmarried
  • Mother, Unmarried
  • Mothers, Unmarried
  • Pregnancies, Premarital
  • Premarital Pregnancies
  • Unmarried Father
  • Unmarried Mother

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

the child or the unwed parents; if with ref to parents, coord IM with PARENTS (IM)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. I01w.880w.735w.424
  2. I01w.880w.853.150w.465

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Illegitimacy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007086. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007086
  2. Illegitimacy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2920651