contamination
The act or process of contaminating.
Something which contaminates.
(linguistics) A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
(etymology) The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning.
(textual criticism) The intermingling of readings from multiple sources by a copyist.
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