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ADULTERATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("adulteration" is a kind of...):
change (the action of changing something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating
Synonyms:
adulteration; debasement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("adulteration" is a kind of...):
impureness; impurity (the condition of being impure)
