admixture

American  

[ad-miks-cher] / ædˈmɪks tʃər /

noun

1. the act of mixing; state of being mixed.

2. anything added; any alien element or ingredient.

   This is a pure product; there are no admixtures.

3. a compound containing an admixture.

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admixture British  

/ ədˈmɪkstʃə /

noun

1. a less common word for mixture

2. anything added in mixing; ingredient

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Etymology

Origin of admixture

1595–1605; < Latin admixt ( us ) + -ure, on the model of mixture

Example Sentences

Mr. Sayles notes that the U.S. is often quaintly likened to a melting pot; the reality of the country’s boiling admixture is much more dangerous and much more powerful.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

The team also hopes future discoveries will help test other possibilities, including scenarios involving genetic admixture between species, similar to what has been documented much later among Neanderthals, modern humans and "Denisovans."

From Science Daily • Dec. 16, 2025

“These papers illustrate how the intricate interplay between ancient selection and admixture events has profoundly shaped … present-day Eurasians.”

From Science Magazine • Jan. 10, 2024

I think I am ... as all of us are, a complex of motives, and everything we do is an admixture of many thoughts and premises oftentimes we don’t even understand.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2023

Curiosity grows under such tuition, a disproportionate interest is awakened and often comes to be satisfied from sources outside the home, with an admixture of deplorable vulgarity, the influence of which is not soon lost.

From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.