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mongrelism

mongrelism noun: the condition of being a mongrel.

Noun

mongrelism (countable and uncountable, plural mongrelisms)

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being a mongrel.
    • It is, however, quite possible, and perhaps probable, that the brown Polynesians were originally the produce of a mixture of Malays, or some lighter coloured Mongol race with the dark Papuans; but if so, the intermingling took place at such a remote epoch, and has been so assisted by the continued...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 455
  2. (countable) cross-breeding or hybridization

Forms of mongrelism

pluralmongrelisms

Origin of mongrelism

From mongrel + -ism.

Questions about mongrelism

What does mongrelism mean?
Mongrelism means the condition of being a mongrel.
What part of speech is mongrelism?
Mongrelism is a noun.
What is the plural of mongrelism?
The plural of mongrelism is mongrelisms.

Words near mongrelism in the dictionary

  1. mongrelise
  2. mongrelised
  3. mongrelises
  4. mongrelish
  5. mongrelising
  6. mongrelism
  7. mongrelisms
  8. mongrelity
  9. mongrelization
  10. mongrelizations
  11. mongrelize

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