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BASTARDISATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bastardisation mean?
• BASTARDISATION (noun)
The noun BASTARDISATION has 1 sense:
1. an act that debases or corrupts
Familiarity information: BASTARDISATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An act that debases or corrupts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
bastardisation; bastardization
Hypernyms ("bastardisation" is a kind of...):
debasement; degradation (changing to a lower state (a less respected state))
Derivation:
bastardise (change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms)
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