bastardization

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bastardization
    n 1: declaring or rendering bastard; "the annulment of their
         marriage resulted in the bastardization of their children"
    2: an act that debases or corrupts [syn: {bastardization},
       {bastardisation}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bastardization \bastardization\ n.
   An act that debases or corrupts.

   Syn: bastardisation.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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