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hybridism

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[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

“The Second,” his new album, takes this hybridism as gospel, extending the premise in a shroud of self-possession.

From New York Times Aug. 26, 2016

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

The chapter on hybridism is most ingenious, able, and instructive.

From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Asa Gray

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