cross-fertilization

Examples

• All

• The university values cross-fertilization of ideas among students from diverse backgrounds.

• Many of the company's breakthroughs resulted from cross-fertilization between different departments and teams.

• The cross-fertilization of ideas led to innovative solutions.

• Cultural cross-fertilization enriches societies.

• The conference encouraged cross-fertilization between scientists and artists from around the world.

• Many of the company's breakthroughs resulted from cross-fertilization between different departments and teams.

• The university values cross-fertilization of ideas among students from diverse backgrounds.

Synonyms

C

cultural exchange

vscross-fertilization

3 3.0

A way for people from different cultures to share ideas, traditions, and customs

focuses more on productive, beneficial results from exchanges

C

cross-pollination of ideas

vscross-fertilization

4.6

Mixing ideas from different people or fields to make new solutions

is broader, covering methods and cultural influences as well as ideas

C

cross-pollination

vscross-fertilization

4.4

Sharing ideas between different groups to create new things

includes that but also stresses beneficial outcomes across groups

T

transculturation

vscross-fertilization

• Jargon

9.6

Different cultures mix to make new food and music

is wider, applying exchange beyond just cultural blending

C

cultural diffusion

vscross-fertilization

• Specialized

4.4

Ideas, customs, and goods like music or food spread from one group to another

requires mutual exchange leading to useful outcomes rather than one-way spread

Antonyms

I

isolation

172 3.7

A state of being alone and cut off from other people physically or emotionally

S

segregation

• Offensive

18 5.3

The act of separating people or things into different groups, often by law

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology