BASTARDIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bastardization mean? 

• BASTARDIZATION (noun)
  The noun BASTARDIZATION has 2 senses:

1. declaring or rendering bastard

2. an act that debases or corrupts

  Familiarity information: BASTARDIZATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASTARDIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Declaring or rendering bastard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

the annulment of their marriage resulted in the bastardization of their children

Hypernyms ("bastardization" is a kind of...):

declaration (a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written))

Derivation:

bastardize (declare a child to be illegitimate)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An act that debases or corrupts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

bastardisation; bastardization

Hypernyms ("bastardization" is a kind of...):

debasement; degradation (changing to a lower state (a less respected state))

Derivation:

bastardize (change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms)