bastardizations
Corrupted forms created
Bastardizations are acts of corrupting or degrading something from its original or pure form.
The word carries strong disapproval—what one person calls a bastardization, another might call an adaptation or evolution: These pop versions are bastardizations of the original folk songs.
The term implies that something authentic has been cheapened or debased.
Corrupted forms of something
- debasementsActs of lowering quality
- corruptionsDebasements of purity
- vulgarizationsActs of making crude
- cheapeningReducing in value
coarsening · degradations · travesties · mockeries · desecrations · profanations · violations · tainting
Debasements of purity
- distortionsMisshapen versions of truth
- mispronunciationsIncorrect spoken renderings
- manglingDestructive distortion or disfigurement
- garblingCorrupting transmitted information
pidginization · creolization · borrowings · anglicization · transliteration · malapropisms · slang · vernacular
Debasements of purity
- alterationsChanges made to something
- adulterationsImpure additions to substances
- falsificationsDeliberate alterations of truth
- distortionsMisshapen versions of truth
misquotations · paraphrasing · abridgments · redactions · edits · revisions · amendments · interpolations
Unauthorized claiming or allocation
- dilutionReduction in concentration
- commercializationProfit-driven market introduction
- WesternizationAdopting Western cultural practices
- AmericanizationAdopting US cultural norms
commodification · mainstreaming · exploitation · misrepresentation · fusion · hybridization · globalization · homogenization
perversions
Corrupted forms of something
- debasementsActs of lowering quality
- corruptionsDebasements of purity
- vulgarizationsActs of making crude
cheapening · coarsening · degradations · travesties · mockeries · desecrations · profanations · violations · tainting · pollution
corruptions
Debasements of purity
- distortionsMisshapen versions of truth
- mispronunciationsIncorrect spoken renderings
- manglingDestructive distortion or disfigurement
garbling · pidginization · creolization · borrowings · anglicization · transliteration · malapropisms · slang · vernacular · colloquialisms
corruptions
Debasements of purity
- alterationsChanges made to something
- adulterationsImpure additions to substances
- falsificationsDeliberate alterations of truth
distortions · misquotations · paraphrasing · abridgments · redactions · edits · revisions · amendments · interpolations · emendations
appropriation
Unauthorized claiming or allocation
- dilutionReduction in concentration
- commercializationProfit-driven market introduction
- WesternizationAdopting Western cultural practices
Americanization · commodification · mainstreaming · exploitation · misrepresentation · fusion · hybridization · globalization · homogenization · stereotyping
bastardizationsoriginals
Authentic first versions
literal translations · source material · archetypes · prototypes · source texts
bastardizationsenhancements
Additions that improve something
refinements · improvements · elevations · purifications · restorations