contamination: Meaning and Definition of

con•tam•i•na•tion

1. the act of contaminating.
2. the state of being contaminated.
3. something that contaminates.
1. an alternation in a linguistic form due to the influence of a related form, as the replacement in English of earlier femelle with female through the influence of male.
2. the process of forming blends. Cf. blend (def. 9).