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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

Example Sentences

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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

Albinoism or cucosis does not necessarily imply hybridism.

From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by Elliott, E. N.