Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Produced by outbreeding; bred outside the stock or pair of animals under consideration: contrasted with inbred. See
outbreed .
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
outbreed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective bred of parents not closely related; having parents of different classes or tribes
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Examples
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So I see it as an unconscious aversion, a fear of being "outbred" by the "other."
Archive 2007-12-01 Steven Barnes 2007
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So I see it as an unconscious aversion, a fear of being "outbred" by the "other."
Trying to clarify re: movies Steven Barnes 2007
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There were over 100 separate languages that were coded by the Census Bureau and many of these linguistic subgoups were afraid of being "outbred" by the others, particularly the politically dominant Tagalogs, who were not the numerical majority.
Walk This Way 2008
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But the outbred genetic diversity of our species and the absence of habits or rituals of biting prevent such cases from starting an epidemic.
Who Knew That Cancer Could Be Catching? Matt Ridley 2011
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The underlying reason must be that people with thinner skulls outbred those with thicker.
Gregory Cochran: The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution Gregory Cochran 2010
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The underlying reason must be that people with thinner skulls outbred those with thicker.
Gregory Cochran: What Do Cows' Milk And Thicker Skulls Have In Common? Gregory Cochran 2010
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The underlying reason must be that people with thinner skulls outbred those with thicker.
Gregory Cochran: What Do Cows' Milk And Thicker Skulls Have In Common? Gregory Cochran 2010
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The underlying reason must be that people with thinner skulls outbred those with thicker.
Gregory Cochran: The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution Gregory Cochran 2010
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Where those who would like to consider themselves the indigenous inhabitants are being outbred - too dumb to survive!
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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One is the fear of being outbred and then exterminated by the "other."
"Seven Pounds" (2008) Steven Barnes 2008
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