In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
BASTARDIZATION
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
Etymology
Noun
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
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