outbreeding.
The breeding of unrelated (or only distantly related) individuals.
Meaning & usage
The breeding of unrelated (or only distantly related) individuals.
Outbreeding is a positive thing, because of the wider gene pool.
The mating of people from different groups (especially as a result of social proscription).
Outbreeding hinders earnest studies of archaeogenetics, making it thorny to know precisely about ancient populations, migrations and linguistic groups.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English breeding English outbreeding From out- + breeding.
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