Synonyms for adulteration
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Noun
1. Corruption — the process of adulterating
corruption, debasement, impurity, defilement, perversion, impurification, defedation US, defoedation UK, pollution rare, sophistication dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The process of adulterating.
Forms
- Plural
- adulterations → corruptions, debasements, impurities, defilements…
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Adulteration, debasement, and deterioration are always used in the bad sense; admixture is neutral, and may be good or bad; alloy is commonly good in the literal sense.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- corruption A man of strong will is not subject to corruption.
- impurity Linguistic impurity is beautiful.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| adulteration | falling | |
| corruption | rising | |
| impurity | falling | |
| debasement | steady | |
| defilement | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- impurity4
- 9 letters
- pollution3
- 10 letters
- corruption3, perversion3, debasement3, defilement, defedation
- 11 letters
- defoedation
- 14 letters
- sophistication5, impurification
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (impurity4 = 4 syllables).