homogeneous
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- adjective
- /ˌhoʊməˈdʒiːnəs/
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homogéneo
- The village was known for its homogeneous population, where everyone shared the same traditions and customs.
- homogeneous group
- homogeneous population
- homogeneous society
It has formed what we call an homogeneous system.
- It has formed what we call an homogeneous system.
- There's a reason why cultural values are not homogeneous across nations.
- That was quite a, you know, parochial, suburban, pleasant but homogeneous space.
- It was a, a country that is unusually homogeneous.
- Japan is a very culturally homogeneous country.
- You've been in a very white, homogeneous Christian, Republican world, right?
- You think life will find a way even out of this perfectly homogeneous dead soup?
- It's not that this country was what was homogeneous.
Examples
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So granted, we're talking about a country that has a very homogeneous cuisine, right?
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The SUNY/ITM student body is comprised of a homogeneous group of students, linguistically as well as culturally.
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It's it's a homogeneous set of items that are being offered up for sale.
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The research tells us that homogeneous teams tend to over trust each other.
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Do we understand diversity within white communities or just see them as a homogeneous group?
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But it's more prevalent in homogeneous societies.
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There's a reason why cultural values are not homogeneous across nations.
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Their circumstances are far from socioeconomically homogeneous; therefore, in part, they reflect different origins within Asia.
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Still, it would be worthwhile to repeat our study in a more homogeneous single-firm setting.
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The populations in these rural areas are much more ethnically homogeneous than those surrounding Galveston Bay.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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Made of parts that are all the same or very similar, for example people in a group
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Having the same shape or parts
Being the same or very similar in shape and structure, like cells
Having parts that are all the same kind
Having only one form or appearance in a group
Having only one species or kind in a group
Antonyms
Compounds
How Uniform
Surface Forms
Morphology
homogeneous = homo + gene + ous
The adjective is built from Greek combining forms homo- ('same') + -gen- ('kind') + the adjectival suffix -ous; a learner who recognizes 'homo-' or the combining form '-gen-' can infer 'of the same kind', but these are not fully productive standalone English words, so the relation is only partially transparent.
Etymology
The word homogeneous comes from Greek parts homo- meaning 'same', as in the word homophone which means 'same sound', and -genous meaning 'kind' or 'type', so it literally means 'of the same kind'. That's why we use homogeneous for a group or a mixture where all the parts are similar or all the same.