bastardization
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9.3
- noun
- /ˌbæstərdaɪˈzeɪʃən/
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degeneración
- The movie was criticized as a bastardization of the beloved book, losing its original themes.
I'm honestly glad that Carl Sagan is not around today to hear this bastardization of one of science's highest tenants.
- I'm honestly glad that Carl Sagan is not around today to hear this bastardization of one of science's highest tenants.
Examples
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I registered my protest against this bastardization of science by filing an FOI.
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Now, there are some who feel that this is a bastardization of the system, we shouldn't allow it.
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I merely seek to find a way for government to be an instrument of justice, instead of a bastardization of law and welfare.
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It's a foul bastardization of the idea of compromise.
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Some of the stories in the book are fictional, and some are bastardizations of the truth.
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The idea that mass tourism is a bastardization of elite travel is, as suggested above, pervasive.
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Everyone bemoans the remake, the bastardization of their memories, of something they hold dear.
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But in our country, the idea of authenticity exists because of the assimilation and bastardization of foreign cuisine.
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State-limited liability is integral to right-wing economics yet is a complete bastardization of a free market.
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"Critics of the 'New Age' movement, such as Vine Deloria Jr., have charged the movement with well-meaning ignorance at best and profit-seeking bastardization at worst."
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
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6.8
The process of making land, water, or buildings worse over time
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7.9
A change that damages the original meaning or purpose
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7.4
Making something less pure or valuable by adding bad material
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7.7
Making food or medicine worse by adding something else
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3.4
An act that damages something so it becomes less enjoyable or valuable
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9.0
Act of making art or language rough and low in quality
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9.1
Making a place or building look less attractive
Making something lose its natural quality so it looks fake
A loss of respect that makes people think less of someone
How Corrupted
Surface Forms
Morphology
bastardization = bastardize (semi-transparent) = bastard + ize + ation
The noun is a regular nominalization of the verb 'bastardize' with the suffix -ation.
Etymology
Bastardization comes from bastard, which once meant a child born 'outside marriage' and so was seen as 'not pure'. Because of that idea of being mixed or impure, people began to use the word for things too, so to bastardize something is to make it worse or lower its quality by adding bad or wrong parts.