bastardization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The making of a bastard or bastards; Having children out of wedlock or destroying the legitimacy of children's paternity.
The creation of offspring from two different species; cross-breeding.
The combining of separate races in marriage or breeding; miscegenation.
Any change or neologism in language that is viewed as a degradation.
The creation of an inferior copy or version; corruption, degradation, or debasement.
Activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group.

bastardization bastardizations bastardisation

From bastard + -ization.

bastard bastardize bastardise bastardized bastardised

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