bastardisation

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A form of bastardization — The making of a bastard or bastards; Having children out of wedlock or destroying the legitimacy of children's paternity.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounbastardisation (plural bastardisations)

plural bastardisations

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of bastardization.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan act that debases or corrupts

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

bastardisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bastardisation

MLA

“bastardisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bastardisation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bastardisation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bastardisation.

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