In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
bastardization, bastardisation
(noun) an act that debases or corrupts
bastardization
(noun) declaring or rendering bastard; “the annulment of their marriage resulted in the bastardization of their children”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bastardization (countable and uncountable, plural bastardizations)
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.
(by extension) The combining of separate races in marriage or breeding; miscegenation.
Any change or neologism in language that is viewed as a degradation.
(more generally) 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.
Source: Wiktionary
23 June 2025
(noun) members of a family line; “his people have been farmers for generations”; “are your people still alive?”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.