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bastardize

[ bas-ter-dahyz ]

verb (used with object)

bastardized, bastardizing.
  1. to lower in condition or worth; debase:

    hybrid works that neither preserve nor bastardize existing art forms.

  2. to declare or prove (someone) to be a bastard.
  3. Australian. to harass or humiliate as part of initiation into a college or regiment.


verb (used without object)

bastardized, bastardizing.
  1. to become debased.

bastardize

/ ˈbæs-; ˈbÉ‘Ëstəˌdaɪz /

verb

  1. to debase; corrupt
  2. archaic.
    to declare illegitimate
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bastardize1

First recorded in 1580–90; bastard + -ize
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"Almost every relationship in my life would be bastardized and disingenuous because I couldn’t tell them what was going on. My son has never taken a walk outside — in five months," she said.

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You simply had — to bastardize a phrase popularized by Timothy Leary — to turn in, tune out and drop out.

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Megan objected to the anecdote on social media, accusing Harris of trying to "reinvent history" and "bastardize his memory."

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For example, AI could bastardize traditional recipes and methods, since AI is prone to stereotyping, for example flattening or oversimplifying cultural details and distinctions.

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Harris-Walz are reclaiming flags and “freedom†as the language of patriotism, displayed in giant block letters behind many speakers who talked about how Republicans have bastardized both.

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