bastardisation
Ruined original form
Bastardisation is the British spelling of bastardization—the act of corrupting, debasing, or degrading something from its original or pure form.
The word carries strong disapproval: The film was a bastardisation of the novel.
It suggests something legitimate has been made illegitimate, echoing the original sense of bastard as a child born outside marriage.
Corrupting by foreign substances
- debasementDiminishing worth or purity
- perversionCorruption or deviant distortion
- degradationDecline in condition
- distortionTwisting from original state
misrepresentation · falsification · tampering · dilution · contamination · cheapening · dumbing-down · oversimplification
Act of going away
- divergenceSeparation from common origin
- aberrationDeviation from the norm
- variationChange from a norm
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
anomaly · irregularity · nonconformity · straying · warping · twisting · perversion · distortion
Incorrect vocal rendering
- misspellingIncorrect written form
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- creolisationCultural and linguistic blending
- slangInformal in-group vocabulary
malapropism · neologism · mangling · garbling · solecism · hybridisation · anglicisation · transliteration
Unauthorized claiming or allocation
- misappropriationWrongful taking of entrusted assets
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
- westernisationAdopting Euro-American culture
- anglicisationAdapting to English conventions
commercialisation · homogenisation · globalisation · gentrification · colonisation · exploitation · trivialisation · exoticisation
adulteration
Corrupting by foreign substances
- debasementDiminishing worth or purity
- perversionCorruption or deviant distortion
- degradationDecline in condition
distortion · misrepresentation · falsification · tampering · dilution · contamination · cheapening · dumbing-down · oversimplification · mangling
departure
Act of going away
- divergenceSeparation from common origin
- aberrationDeviation from the norm
- variationChange from a norm
mutation · anomaly · irregularity · nonconformity · straying · warping · twisting · perversion · distortion · alteration
mispronunciation
Incorrect vocal rendering
- misspellingIncorrect written form
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- creolisationCultural and linguistic blending
slang · malapropism · neologism · mangling · garbling · solecism · hybridisation · anglicisation · transliteration · portmanteau
appropriation
Unauthorized claiming or allocation
- misappropriationWrongful taking of entrusted assets
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
- westernisationAdopting Euro-American culture
anglicisation · commercialisation · homogenisation · globalisation · gentrification · colonisation · exploitation · trivialisation · exoticisation · sanitisation
bastardisationpurification
Removal of contaminants
refinement · restoration · preservation · cleansing · sanctification
bastardisationauthentication
Confirming genuine identity
legitimisation · orthodoxy · traditionalism · purism · fidelity
bastardisationlegitimisation
Formal recognition as valid
validation · sanctioning · authorisation · ennoblement · canonisation
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