Associations to the word «Bastardization»

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Wiktionary

BASTARDIZATION, noun. A degradation of a language caused by the passage of time or geographical remoteness.

Dictionary definition

BASTARDIZATION, noun. Declaring or rendering bastard; "the annulment of their marriage resulted in the bastardization of their children".
BASTARDIZATION, noun. An act that debases or corrupts.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne