blendings

Combined into one

Blendings are mixtures or combinations of different elements.

The word appears most often in contexts involving teas, wines, coffees, or other substances where varieties are combined: The blendings of different grape varietals created a complex wine.

It can also describe the mixing of styles, influences, or qualities: unusual blendings of jazz and classical music.

combining

amalgamation

Uniting into one

mingling · intermixture · confluence · meshing · intermingling · commingling · coalescence · unification · consolidation · convergence

cultural

syncretism

Fusion of different beliefs

multiculturalism · hybridization · intermarriage · fusion · crossover · globalization · cosmopolitanism · integration

creative

montage

Assembled sequence of images

  • remixAltered version of recording
  • mashupCombined creative fusion
  • samplingExtracting subset for study

collage · pastiche · bricolage · fusion · synthesis · hybridization · cross-genre · experimentation · juxtaposition · layering

mixtures

composite

Made of distinct parts

alloy · hybrid · medley · mosaic · miscellany · patchwork · salmagundi · potpourri · mélange · pastiche

process

stirring

Arousing strong emotion

emulsification · kneading · churning · folding · agitation · shaking · tumbling · mashing · dissolving · dispersion

Opposites
mixture vs. separation

blendingsseparations

Acts of dividing apart

divisions · partitions · segregations · splittings · sortings

homogeneity vs. distinctness

blendingsdifferentiations

Acts of distinguishing between

distinctions · demarcations · stratifications · categorizations · compartmentalizations

integration vs. isolation

blendingsisolations

States of being apart

disconnections · detachments · disengagements · uncouplings · dissociations

Phrases
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