inbreeding  /ˌɪnb ˈri dɪŋ/ ? Meaning of "inbreeding"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) the act of mating closely related individuals

Usage(s):

  1. This inbreeding has developed great sprinting speed.
  2. Since French literary inbreeding is both chronic and severe, it was inevitable that sooner or later someone would devote a whole book to Camus' throwaway idea.
  3. A farm boy who quit school in the eighth grade to work in the cornfields at $30 a month, he has been inbreeding and crossbreeding corn since 1925.

Quotes

  1. "Many of them have parents who are first cousins ...... the result of this is inbreeding," Mr Wilshire said. "The result of which is uneducationable (sic) people ...... and (a) very low IQ."
    on Jan 28, 2007 By: Brian Wilshire Source: The Australian

  2. "If we can't find any wild South China tigers, they will certainly disappear because of the inbreeding," said Huang Zhihong, a Chinese zoologist.
    on Oct 17, 2007 By: Huang Zhihong Source: CNSNews.com

  3. In his classic study of segregation, "An American Dilemma," Gunnar Myrdal wrote that "the whole system of segregation and discrimination is designed to prevent eventual inbreeding of the races."
    on May 6, 2008 By: Gunnar Myrdal Source: New York Times

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