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hybridism

American  
[hahy-bri-diz-uhm] / ˈhaɪ brɪˌdɪz əm /

noun

  1. Also hybridity the quality or condition of being hybrid.

  2. the production of hybrids.


Etymology

Origin of hybridism

First recorded in 1835–45; hybrid + -ism

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For Kej the hybridism feels as natural as conversation - he sees no merit in keeping traditional and modern music separate.

From BBC Feb. 17, 2023

It’s an enormous struggle and I think that he comes to a place where he finally accepts his hybridism.

From Seattle Times Aug. 26, 2021

Irakere was a force for cultural hybridism from the start, a clutch of virtuosos — like the multi-reedist Paquito D’Rivera, the trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and the guitarist Carlos Emilio Morales — engaging with multiple traditions.

From New York Times Nov. 1, 2015

His career is among the most kaleidoscopic in jazz, encircling everything from plunging postbop to chamberesque Latin hybridism to superheated fusion.

From New York Times Oct. 31, 2011

But I had no intention, when I began this note, of running on at such length on hybridism; but you have been Objector-General on this head.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

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