intermixture

American  

[in-ter-miks-cher] / ˌɪn tərˈmɪks tʃər /

noun

1. a mass of ingredients mixed together.

2. something added by intermixing.

3. the act of intermixing.

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intermixture British  

/ ˌɪntəˈmɪkstʃə /

noun

1. the act of intermixing or state of being intermixed

2. another word for mixture

3. an additional constituent or ingredient

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Etymology

Origin of intermixture

First recorded in 1580–90; inter- + mixture

Example Sentences

In fact, there was more of an intermixture of those two perspectives under George W. Bush than anyone seemed to realize.

From Salon • Sep. 16, 2018

But it seems to have happened only occasionally, which suggests to some that natural climatic fluctuations, in the form of advancing and retreating glaciers, pushed the bears together, encouraging intermixture.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2014

"By an intermixture with our people," President George Washington told Vice President John Adams, immigrants will "get assimilated to our customs, measures and laws: in a word, soon become one people."

From Time Magazine Archive

This intermixture of igneous and sedimentary material may take place on the finest scale and in the most intricate manner.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

Most of the inhabitants of this province are Sundas, but along the coasts there is considerable intermixture with Javanese and other Malayan peoples.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 by Abreu, Antonio Alvarez de

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