intermixture
Americannoun
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the act of intermixing or state of being intermixed
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another word for mixture
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an additional constituent or ingredient
Etymology
Origin of intermixture
Example Sentences
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He even asserted that “racial intermixture can upset the genetic as well as the social equilibrium of a group.”
From Scientific American
In fact, there was more of an intermixture of those two perspectives under George W. Bush than anyone seemed to realize.
From Salon
“All cultural practices and objects are mobile; they like to spread, and almost all are themselves creations of intermixture.”
From Washington Post
The Haight-Ashbury district is known as the birthplace of hippie counterculture, and while my parents weren’t hippies, my little family reflected the growing intermixture of race, class and culture.
From Los Angeles Times
That was Plecker’s goal, as he explained in a 1943 letter that he addressed to “Local Registrars, Clerks, Legislators, and others responsible for, and interested in, the prevention of racial intermixture.”
From Washington Post
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