False and Illegitimate

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False adjective - Not being in agreement with what is true.

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Illegitimate and false are semantically related in supposed topic. In some cases you can use "Illegitimate" instead an adjective "False".

Illegitimate adjective - Born to a father and mother who are not married.

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False and illegitimate are semantically related in supposed topic. Sometimes you can use "False" instead an adjective "Illegitimate".

Similar to the Hound example, in Hercule Poirot's Christmas, Poirot attaches a false moustache to the portrait of the murder victim, thereby confirming that the heavily moustached investigating officer is his illegitimate son.

Source: Photo Doodle Recognition
The daughter of Anne Boleyn, after her mother was executed on charges of treason and adultery that were most likely false, she was declared illegitimate by her father, Henry VIII, and continued to be considered so by her half-sister, Mary I.

Source: Useful Notes / Elizabeth I
Bastard Bastard: Brede ulRia, the Bastard of Ria (technically he may not be a bastard in the illegitimate sense, as his mother's confession that he was is seen as false, but in the word's other meaning he certainly is).

Source: Literature / Talion: Revenant

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