homogenous
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5.9
- adjective
- /həˈmɒdʒənəs/
:
homogéneo
- Postmodern thought rejects the approach that views students as a homogenous target audience and accepts individual diversity.
- homogenous group
- homogenous population
- homogenous community
Examples
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Proper care was taken to make a homogenous mixture at each stage of mixing.
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In a homogenous classroom, students often share similar backgrounds and learning styles.
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However, I am starting to see some small changes to the homogenous population.
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Second, the sample from this study came from a relatively homogenous population.
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Second, this is a rather homogenous sample, especially in terms of ethnic background.
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On the other hand, as noted earlier, questions remain about whether the field is as racially homogenous as studies have suggested.
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Second, the subjects were a homogenous group with reasonable domain-specific knowledge.
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East Pakistan was the most linguistically homogenous region in South Asia, with the overwhelming majority of the people speaking Bengali.
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With 78% of the population self-identifying as Christian, South Dakota is also religiously homogenous.
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The tendency is to treat these transitional immigrants as members of a homogenous group of learners (Arthur, 2004).
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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3.7
Always the same in all parts and at all times
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6.6
Made of people or things that are all the same
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4.9
It has the same texture all through because its parts are mixed
Having parts that are all the same kind
Having only one form or appearance in a group
Antonyms
How Uniform
Surface Forms
Morphology
homogenous = homogeneous (transparent) = homo + gen + ous
The meaning is directly built from the prefix 'homo-' (same) plus the adjectival suffix '-ous', and 'homogenous' is a spelling variant of 'homogeneous' so the derivation is straightforward.
Etymology
The word homogenous comes from Greek parts homo- meaning 'same' and -genous meaning 'kind' or 'type', like the 'gen' in generation. So, it literally means 'of the same kind', which is why we use homogenous for mixtures or groups that are all alike.