outgrowth

[ out-grohth ]

noun

1. a natural development, product, or result:

   to consider truancy an outgrowth of parental neglect.

2. an additional, supplementary result.
3. a growing out or forth.
4. something that grows out; offshoot; excrescence.

outgrowth

/ ˈaʊtˌɡrəʊθ /

noun

1. a thing growing out of a main body
2. a development, result, or consequence
3. the act of growing out

Word History and Origins

Origin of outgrowth¹

First recorded in 1830–40; out- + growth

Example Sentences

Surely a genuine reckoning into what we’re seeing now would take as its premise that it is the outgrowth of a much broader series of mistakes and failures.

From Washington Post

So what we’re seeing is the outgrowth of a breakdown in the family, in the economy, in those neighborhoods they came out of, if this is very much a homegrown phenomenon.

From Washington Post

For her, coordinating friendship groups that brought together Americans who had so recently gone to war with one another was a natural outgrowth of her role in her own family.

From Time

The grief and havoc of these past four years, confronted boldly, can yield an outgrowth of hope.

From Washington Blade

With teams as a rule scoring more efficiently in transition than in the halfcourt, this is a natural outgrowth of getting players capable of that pairing of skills.

From FiveThirtyEight

The collaboration between two large companies is the logical outgrowth of a few big trends.

From The Daily Beast

Culture is an organic outgrowth of an organization's history, it's people, its successes and failures.

From The Daily Beast

But this is an inversion of Zionism, not its natural outgrowth.

From The Daily Beast

Much like I wonder how one becomes a beach-volleyball official from Egypt—an economic outgrowth of the Arab Spring I suppose.

From The Daily Beast

But anarchism is a logical outgrowth of the anti-intellectual side of collectivism.

From The Daily Beast

Occasionally an ear-like outgrowth appears on the neck, indicative of the attempt of a second slit to develop into an ear.

From Project Gutenberg

The art of any people is an outgrowth and efflorescence of an internal living principle: and as is the tree so is its fruit.

From Project Gutenberg

The art of sculpture was an essential outgrowth of the Greek spirit, and perfectly suited the requirements of Greek thought.

From Project Gutenberg

Colorado was the outgrowth of the great financial crisis of 1857.

From Project Gutenberg

Luther's devil is the outgrowth of humanity in long-clothes.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• by-product
• offshoot