intermixture

[ in-ter-miks-cher ]

noun

1. a mass of ingredients mixed together.
2. something added by intermixing.
3. the act of intermixing.

intermixture

/ ˌɪntəˈmɪkstʃə /

noun

1. the act of intermixing or state of being intermixed
2. another word for mixture
3. an additional constituent or ingredient

Word History and Origins

Origin of intermixture¹

First recorded in 1580–90; inter- + mixture

Example Sentences

He even asserted that “racial intermixture can upset the genetic as well as the social equilibrium of a group.”

From Scientific American

In fact, there was more of an intermixture of those two perspectives under George W. Bush than anyone seemed to realize.

From Salon

“All cultural practices and objects are mobile; they like to spread, and almost all are themselves creations of intermixture.”

From Washington Post

The Haight-Ashbury district is known as the birthplace of hippie counterculture, and while my parents weren’t hippies, my little family reflected the growing intermixture of race, class and culture.

From Los Angeles Times

That was Plecker’s goal, as he explained in a 1943 letter that he addressed to “Local Registrars, Clerks, Legislators, and others responsible for, and interested in, the prevention of racial intermixture.”

From Washington Post

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