assort
verb (used with object)
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
assortative
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a word derived from
assort.
Example Sentences
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One common form of mate choice, called assortative mating, is an individual’s preference to mate with partners who are phenotypically similar to themselves.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Men and women tend to consort with and marry others who are of similar characteristics, what psychologists call assortative mating.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 14, 2019
The theory of assortative mating holds that we are ever more averse to partners unlike ourselves.
From The Guardian ● May 11, 2018
Thanks to her parent's assortative mating and natural selection there is an Uma Thurman.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2017
In some cases assortative mating is conscious, as when two congenitally deaf persons are drawn together by their common affliction and mutual possession of the sign language.
From Applied Eugenics by Paul Popenoe
