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.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa o ato de corromper, adulterar ou deturpar algo, fazendo-o perder sua qualidade, pureza ou autenticidade, muitas vezes pela introdução de elementos inferiores.

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.

   🇵🇹Declaração de ilegitimidade

   Antônimos: 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.

   🇵🇹Deturpação ou vulgarização

   Sinônimos: adulterationcorruptiondebasementdefilementdegradationdepravationdistortionperversionvitiation