outgrowth

[out-grohth]

noun

1. a natural development, product, or result.

   to consider truancy an outgrowth of parental neglect.

2. an additional, supplementary result.

3. a growing out or forth.

4. something that grows out; offshoot; excrescence.

outgrowth

/ ˈaʊtˌɡrəʊθ /

noun

1. a thing growing out of a main body

2. a development, result, or consequence

3. the act of growing out

Word History and Origins

Origin of outgrowth¹

First recorded in 1830–40; out- + growth

Example Sentences

Trade barriers to Chinese goods are rising, and its own economy is menaced by deflation, the outgrowth of its rampant production.

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It was an outgrowth of playing golf with some friends who happened to own thoroughbreds.

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But once you realize that the trans panic is an outgrowth of decades of Satanic panic, the role Riley Gaines plays comes into sharper focus.

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The organization appears to be the most organized outgrowth of the right’s efforts to doxx anyone seen as making light of Kirk’s death.

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It’s inventive gimmickry, but it makes the sweetness a concocted thing rather than a natural outgrowth of the material and setting and mood.

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Related Words

• by-product 
• offshoot