mongrelizev.
/ˈmʌŋɡrəlʌɪz/, /ˈmʌŋɡrl̩ʌɪz/, /ˈmɒŋɡrəlʌɪz/, /ˈmɒŋɡrl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈmɑŋɡrəˌlaɪz/, /ˈməŋɡrəˌlaɪz/ transitive. To make mongrel in breed, type, composition, character, etc. Also in extended use.Now usually considered offensive when used with reference to people or ethnic groups.
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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > mixed race > [verb (transitive)]
mongrel1602
mongrelize1629
the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [verb (transitive)] > cross
mella1387
cross-breed1675
mix1740
cross1754
hybridize1845
mongrelize1859
interbreed1865
outbreed1888
back-cross1904
outcross1918
1629 J. Maxwell tr. Herodian Hist. 213 It was not fit that either of their Races should be Mungreliz'd in that manner [Gk. καὶ μὴ δεῖν μηδέτερον γένος νοθεύεσθαι].
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 99 How..comes it that such a vast number of the seedlings are mongrelized?
1871 F. Galton in Proc. Royal Soc. 19 396 The breed of rabbits which I endeavoured to mongrelize was the ‘Silver-Grey’.
1878 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Nov. 832 We do not see how the conflict is to proceed with any success for the new method without mongrelizing, so to speak, both languages.
1965 Malcolm X Autobiogr. (1968) xiv. 358 He is saying he won't integrate because black blood will mongrelize his race!
1984 New Yorker 12 Mar. 39/1 The word ‘peace-keeper’ has been mongrelized to the point where it is the name of an offensive missile.
1991 Economist 21 Dec. 8/2 The music itself consisted of white promoters, musicians and businessmen mongrelising black music.
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ˈmongrelizing n.
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1922 W. R. Inge in Edinb. Rev. July 36 Unchecked mongrelising destroys the symmetry of a national type.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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