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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