bastardization

== English == === Alternative forms === bastardisation === Etymology === From bastard +‎ -ization. === 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. ==== Related terms ==== bastard bastardize, bastardise bastardized, bastardised ==== Translations ====