Usually means: Degradation or corruption of original form.
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  1. bastardization: Merriam-Webster
  2. bastardization: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bastardization: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. bastardization: Wiktionary
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  8. Bastardization: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. bastardization: Rhymezone
  10. bastardization: FreeDictionary.org
  11. bastardization: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. bastardization: Legal dictionary

(Note: See bastardize as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (bastardization)

noun:  The making of a bastard or bastards; Having children out of wedlock or destroying the legitimacy of children's paternity.
noun:  The creation of offspring from two different species; cross-breeding.
noun:  (by extension) The combining of separate races in marriage or breeding; miscegenation.
noun:  Any change or neologism in language that is viewed as a degradation.
noun:  (more generally) The creation of an inferior copy or version; corruption, degradation, or debasement.
noun:  Activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group.

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