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bastardized

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bas·tard·ize  (bstr-dz)
tr.v. bas·tard·ized, bas·tard·iz·ing, bas·tard·iz·es
1. To lower in quality or character; debase.
2. To declare or prove (someone) to be a bastard.
bastard·i·zation (-tr-d-zshn) n.
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Adj.1.bastardized - deriving from more than one source or style
bastardised
beaux arts, fine arts - the study and creation of visual works of art
impure - combined with extraneous elements


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What I discovered was that statistical information, bastardized and popularized, was a deeper way for people to understand that they belonged to something larger than a family or a particular community.
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All of these same tales that we sing so passionately about have been bastardized and sold out to Hollywood.
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Centrally placed, these figures make an effective contrast with Lozek's renderings of angular attic rooms sparsely furnished with items suggestive of modern design in its more baroquely bastardized incarnations.
Jorg Lozek: Sandroni Rey by Miles, Christopher / Artforum International
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