| NOUN | communication | bastardization | declaring or rendering bastard |
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| act | bastardization, bastardisation | an act that debases or corrupts |
| Meaning | declaring or rendering bastard. | |
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| Example | "the annulment of their marriage resulted in the bastardization of their children" | |
| Broader | declaration | A statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written) |
| Verbs | bastardize | declare a child to be illegitimate |
| Meaning | An act that debases or corrupts. | |
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| Synonym | bastardisation | |
| Broader | degradation, debasement | changing to a lower state (a less respected state) |
| Verbs | bastardize | change something so that its value declines |
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