hybridism

Examples

• All

• Even the quality of her choreography seemed to continue this hybridism.

  Academic text (2014)

• The outcome, as one Hollywood-based Mexican critic put it, was "lamentable hybridism." "Through the phraseology of their scripts," this same critic contended:

  Academic text (1998)

• In agriculture, hybridism plays a crucial role in developing crops that can withstand harsh climates.

• The scientist studied the hybridism of different plant species to learn how they adapted to their environments.

• Hybridism in animals often results from breeding between different species to create new traits and characteristics.

Synonyms

C

crossing

vshybridism

• Specialized

7 7.2

Breeding two different plants or animals to make a hybrid

is the broader term for making mixed offspring beyond strictly genetic experiments

I

interbreeding

vshybridism

4 6.2

Animals or plants from different groups produce mixed young

is the term for producing mixed results especially by combining distinct species or elements

C

crossbreeding

vshybridism

2 4.4

Mixing different kinds of animals or plants to make young with chosen traits

is the general condition or process of producing mixed results without chosen traits

H

hybridization

vshybridism

1 5.5

Combining different things like ideas or styles to make something new

is broader, naming both the process and the resulting condition

I

intercrossing

vshybridism

• Specialized

7.0

A process in which different breeds or groups mate to make hybrid young

is the general process that also covers single pair matings or broader mixing

M

mongrelization

vshybridism

9.1

Mixing different breeds to make animals or plants with mixed traits

is the neutral condition or process of producing mixed results, not breed-focused

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology