disharmonism

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noun

A disharmonious mixture; the combination of traits from different races.

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Meanings

noundisharmonism (usually uncountable, plural disharmonisms)

plural disharmonisms

  1. archaicuncountableusuallyanthropologyA disharmonious mixture; the combination of traits from different races.

    Oftentimes the result of intermixture is a disharmonism, in which the broad Alpine head is conjoined with the longish face of the Teuton, or the reverse.

    1898, The Popular Science Monthly, volume 52, page 54
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