hybridity
State of mixture
Hybridity is the state or quality of being hybrid—mixed, blended, or of combined origin.
The term appears most often in academic and cultural criticism, where it describes the mixing of cultures, identities, or traditions: postcolonial hybridity, cultural hybridity.
Unlike the concrete noun hybrid, hybridity emphasizes the abstract condition of mixture itself rather than any particular mixed thing.
Mixed-lineage organism
- muleEquine hybrid, often sterile
- tigonStriped-maned cat cross
- ligerHybrid of two big cats
- cockapooSpaniel-poodle hybrid dog
labradoodle · pomsky · savannah · mongrel · interspecies · grafting · chimera · splice
Biracial Latin American
- creoleNativized pidgin tongue
- mixed-raceOf multiple ancestries
- biculturalOf two cultural backgrounds
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
transnational · code-switching · syncretism · acculturation · hyphenated · cosmopolitan · multiracial · blended
Combine into mixture
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
- amalgamationUniting into one
- compositeMade of distinct parts
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
meld · intermixture · interweaving · mashup · crossover · remix · creolization · bricolage
After foreign rule ends
- in-betweenOccupying middle position
- liminalityTransitional ambiguity between phases
- othernessQuality of being unlike
- subalternJunior commissioned officer
mimicry · ambivalence · negotiation · transgression · displacement · diaspora · multiplicity · fluidity
crossbreed
Mixed-lineage organism
cockapoo · labradoodle · pomsky · savannah · mongrel · interspecies · grafting · chimera · splice · genetic
mestizo
Biracial Latin American
- creoleNativized pidgin tongue
- mixed-raceOf multiple ancestries
- biculturalOf two cultural backgrounds
diaspora · transnational · code-switching · syncretism · acculturation · hyphenated · cosmopolitan · multiracial · blended · intercultural
blend
Combine into mixture
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
- amalgamationUniting into one
- compositeMade of distinct parts
convergence · meld · intermixture · interweaving · mashup · crossover · remix · creolization · bricolage · pastiche
postcolonial
After foreign rule ends
- in-betweenOccupying middle position
- liminalityTransitional ambiguity between phases
- othernessQuality of being unlike
subaltern · mimicry · ambivalence · negotiation · transgression · displacement · diaspora · multiplicity · fluidity · heterogeneity
hybriditypurity
Uncontaminated quality
pureness · homogeneity · uniformity · monoculture · singularity
hybridityhomogeneity
State of sameness throughout
uniformity · sameness · monoculture · standardization · consistency
hybriditypurity
Uncontaminated quality
racial purity · genetic purity · authenticity · purism · nativism
- cultural hybridityMixing of distinct traditions
- sp2 hybridizationThree equivalent orbital mixing
- linguistic hybridityFusion of language elements
- sp hybridizationMixing s and p orbitals
- sp3 hybridizationFour identical orbital lobes
hybridization, hybridize, hybridized, hybridizing, hybridizer, hybridism