"outbreeding" meaning in English

See outbreeding in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: outbreedings [plural]
Etymology: out- + breeding Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|breeding}} out- + breeding Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} outbreeding (countable and uncountable, plural outbreedings)
  1. The breeding of unrelated (or only distantly related) individuals. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-outbreeding-en-noun-Z5aMxsPi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 49 51
  2. The mating of people from different groups (especially as a result of social proscription). Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-outbreeding-en-noun--7liinYH Categories (other): English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 49 51

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for outbreeding meaning in English (1.6kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "out",
        "3": "breeding"
      },
      "expansion": "out- + breeding",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "out- + breeding",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "outbreedings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "outbreeding (countable and uncountable, plural outbreedings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with out-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Outbreeding is a positive thing, because of the wider gene pool."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The breeding of unrelated (or only distantly related) individuals."
      ],
      "id": "en-outbreeding-en-noun-Z5aMxsPi",
      "links": [
        [
          "breeding",
          "breeding"
        ],
        [
          "unrelated",
          "unrelated"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with out-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Outbreeding hinders earnest studies of archaeogenetics, making it thorny to know precisely about ancient populations, migrations and linguistic groups."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The mating of people from different groups (especially as a result of social proscription)."
      ],
      "id": "en-outbreeding-en-noun--7liinYH",
      "links": [
        [
          "mating",
          "mating"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "outbreeding"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with out-",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "out",
        "3": "breeding"
      },
      "expansion": "out- + breeding",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "out- + breeding",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "outbreedings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "outbreeding (countable and uncountable, plural outbreedings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Outbreeding is a positive thing, because of the wider gene pool."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The breeding of unrelated (or only distantly related) individuals."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "breeding",
          "breeding"
        ],
        [
          "unrelated",
          "unrelated"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Outbreeding hinders earnest studies of archaeogenetics, making it thorny to know precisely about ancient populations, migrations and linguistic groups."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The mating of people from different groups (especially as a result of social proscription)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mating",
          "mating"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "outbreeding"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-07-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (e79c026 and b863ecc). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.