adulteration

[ uh-duhl-tuh-rey-shuh n ]

/ əˌdʌl təˈreɪ ʃən /

the act or process of adulterating.

the state of being adulterated.

Nearby words

1500–10; < Latin adulterātiōn- (stem of adulterātiō); see adulterate, -ion

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Facing or coloring is also an adulteration, since it is done to give poor or damaged tea a brighter appearance.
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value|Harry Snyder
The adulteration of guano is carried to a great extent in England, and probably will be in this country.
Guano|Solon Robinson
It is always easy to discover the proportion of the adulteration.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
The best mode of detecting this adulteration is by the microscope.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley

It robs society by the adulteration of products, pushed at the present day beyond all bounds.
Socialism|John Stuart Mill

[ ə-dŭl′tə-rā′shən ]

The alteration, especially the debasement, of a substance by deliberately adding something not ordinarily a part of it.