As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
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
16 May 2025
(adjective) marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.