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hybridism|ˈhaɪbrɪdɪz(ə)m, ˈhɪb-|
[f. hybrid + -ism: cf. F. hybridisme.]
1. The fact or condition of being hybrid; the hybrid condition in plants or animals as a biological phenomenon.
1846in Worcester. 1857Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) II. 110, I have now been three whole months on one chapter [of ‘Origin of Species’] on Hybridism. 1862Huxley Lect. Wrkg. Men 147 Here are the phenomena of Hybridism staring you in the face.
b. The production of hybrids; cross-breeding.
1845Lindley Sch. Bot. x. (1858) 169 Recourse is had to hybridism, when a wild insipid fruit may be possibly improved. 1863Dicey Federal St. I. 208 It is, in fact, the instinct of self-preservation, which revolts at hybridism. 1883H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spir. W. Pref. (1884) 13 Inappropriate hybridism is checked by the Law of Sterility.
2. Philol. The formation of a word from elements belonging to different languages.
1862Latham Eng. Lang. (ed. 5) 480 In seamstress and songstress we find instances of hybridism. |