bastardization

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A noun referring to the act of corrupting, debasing, or altering something in a way that reduces its quality or purity, often by introducing inferior elements.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que denota la acción de distorsionar, degradar o alterar algo de manera que reduce su calidad o pureza, a menudo mediante la introducción de elementos de baja calidad.

1. Declaring or rendering illegitimate C2 formal

   The act of declaring someone or something to be illegitimate or of inferior origin.

   • The document was a clear bastardization of the original lineage records.
   • The court's ruling was seen as a bastardization of the family's history.
   • Historians argue that the decree was a deliberate bastardization of the king's lineage.

   🇪🇸Declaración o tratamiento de algo como ilegítimo o bastardo

   Antónimos: legitimation

2. Debasement or corruption C2 formal

   An act that debases, corrupts, or spoils something, often by altering it in a crude or inferior way.

   • The film was a complete bastardization of the classic novel.
   • Critics called the new policy a bastardization of the original principles.
   • The artist accused the company of a bastardization of his work.

   🇪🇸Degradación, corrupción

   Sinónimos: adulterationcorruptiondebasementdefilementdegradationdepravationdistortionperversionvitiation