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heterophily

heterophily noun: tendency of individuals to collect in diverse groups.

Noun

heterophily (uncountable)

  1. Tendency of individuals to collect in diverse groups.
    • In their review of the impact of heterophily on group process outcomes, Milliken and Martins (1996) acknowledge that past research conflicts on whether heterophily inhibits or facilitates positive group outcomes.2002, Mikayla Hughes, The Role of Competence, Perceived Heterophily, and Satisfaction in the Context of University-community Collaborative Relationships
    Antonyms:
    homophily

heterophily meaning in Tamil

heterophily in Tamil

வேறுபட்ட பண்புடைமை

Antonyms of heterophily

Origin of heterophily

From hetero- + -phily.

Words formed from heterophily

Questions about heterophily

What does heterophily mean?
Heterophily means tendency of individuals to collect in diverse groups.
What is heterophily in Tamil?
Heterophily in Tamil is வேறுபட்ட பண்புடைமை. See Heterophily meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is heterophily?
Heterophily is a noun.

Words near heterophily in the dictionary

  1. heterophilia
  2. heterophilic
  3. heterophilically
  4. heterophilous
  5. heterophils
  6. heterophily
  7. heterophobe
  8. heterophobes
  9. heterophobia
  10. heterophobic
  11. heterophobism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heterophily (page history and authors); heterophily (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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