bastardization
1 of 1noun/ˌbæs.tər.daɪ.ˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Forms:bastardizations
1
the act of changing or copying something in a way that it no longer has the quality and value it used to
- The artist felt that the new version of his work was a bastardization of his original vision.
- Critics argue that the film is a bastardization of the classic novel.
- The bastardization of the traditional recipe made it unrecognizable to its original form.
- Some historians view the edited version of the document as a bastardization of the historical facts.
- The politician’s speech was seen as a bastardization of the original principles it was supposed to uphold.
2
declaring or rendering bastard