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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In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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