bastardise

Thân thiện

A publisher bastardises a classic novel by simplifying its language.

Definition

1. Verb (Transitive):
   • To declare (a child) to be illegitimate: To officially or legally state that a child was born to parents who were not married to each other at the time.
   • To debase or corrupt something, reducing its quality or value: To change something in a way that makes it inferior, less pure, or less effective than its original form. This often refers to art, language, or traditions.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • The cruel king sought to bastardise his rival's heir to remove him from the line of succession.
  • Critics argued that the film adaptation completely bastardised the original novel, stripping it of its depth and meaning.
  • Many linguists worry that internet slang is bastardising the formal language.

Advanced Usage

• "to bastardise a concept": To corrupt or misuse a philosophical or theoretical idea.
  • The politician was accused of bastardising the concept of freedom to justify harmful policies.
• Passive Voice: Often used in the passive voice to describe the state of something that has been corrupted.
  • The traditional recipe has been bastardised beyond recognition in this fast-food version.

Variants and Related Words

• Bastardization (Noun): The act or result of bastardising something.
  • The bastardization of the sacred text caused great controversy.
• Bastard (Noun, archaic/legal): A person born to parents not lawfully married to each other. (Note: This term is now considered offensive when referring to a person).

Synonyms

• Corrupt: To cause to act dishonestly or to change from good to bad.
• Debase: To reduce the quality, value, or character of something.
• Dilute: To make something weaker or less effective.
• Pervert: To alter something from its original course, meaning, or state to a distortion.

Antonyms

• Purify: To make something pure or free from contamination.
• Elevate: To raise to a higher level or improve the quality of.
• Ennoble: To lend greater dignity or honor to.

Related Phrases

• "To water down": To make something weaker or less effective by adding other elements. This is a less formal synonym for the second meaning of .
  • The studio watered down the script's controversial themes, effectively bastardising the writer's vision.

Học thuật

Verb

1. declare a child to be illegitimate
2. change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms

Từ đồng nghĩa

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