| 单词 | homogenous |
| 释义 | homogenous (once / 63889 pages) adj Homogenous describes things that are all of the similar kind. If you have a homogenous group of friends, you probably wear the same outfits, talk the same way, live in the same kind of neighborhood, and like the same music. Boring. Homogenous comes from the Greek for "same kind." It used to only mean people who had the same ancestors, but in English we use it for anything that is characterized by sameness. You might live in a homogenous neighborhood, where everyone makes the same amount of money and drives the same kind of car. The opposite of homogenous is heterogenous, which means "many kinds." WORD FAMILYhomogeny: homogeneous, homogenous+/homogeneity: homogeneities/homogeneous: homogeneity, homogeneously, homogeneousness, homogenise, homogenize, inhomogeneous/homogenise: homogenisation, homogenised/homogenised: unhomogenised/homogenize: homogenization, homogenized, homogenizes, homogenizing/homogenized: unhomogenized/inhomogeneous: inhomogeneity USAGE EXAMPLESEgypt is more homogenous than Iraq and Syria, with virtually no Shiites. Seattle Times(Dec 16, 2016) As elsewhere in Italy, voters who backed the no campaign in Catania were not a homogenous group. The Guardian(Dec 06, 2016) “More homogenous” means more white, and more male. The Guardian(Nov 22, 2016) adj all of the same or similar kind or nature Syn|Ant homogeneous undiversified not diversified consistent, uniformthe same throughout in structure or composition solidof one substance or character throughout self-colored, self-coloured, solidof the same color throughout homogenised, homogenizedmade homogeneous uniform, unvaryingalways the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences sameclosely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree heterogeneous, heterogenous consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature diversifiedhaving variety of character or form or components; or having increased variety assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundryconsisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds disparateincluding markedly dissimilar elements inhomogeneous, nonuniformnot homogeneous differentunlike in nature or quality or form or degree variedcharacterized by variety |
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