bastardization
English
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Suffix from English bastard.
Origin
English
bastard
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Cognates and derived terms
- bast English
- bastard English
- bastard-dom English
- bastardhood English
- bastarding English
- bastardise English
- bastardish English
- bastardism English
- bastardize English
- bastardless English
- bastardlike English
- bastardling English
- bastardly English
- bastardness English
- bastardry English
- bastardship English
- bastard Middle English
- bastet Tok Pisin