bastardization

indénombrable

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.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant l'action de déformer, vulgariser ou altérer quelque chose de manière à réduire sa qualité ou sa pureté, souvent en y introduisant des éléments de bas niveau.

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.

   🇫🇷Déclarer illégitime

   Antonymes: 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.

   🇫🇷Avilissement ou corruption

   Synonymes: adulterationcorruptiondebasementdefilementdegradationdepravationdistortionperversionvitiation