Hybridity refers in its most basic sense to mixture. The term originates from biology and was subsequently employed in linguistics and in racial theory in the nineteenth century. Its contemporary uses are scattered across numerous academic disciplines and is salient in popular culture. This article explains the history of hybridity and its major t...
• (n.) Hybridism.
(from the article `anthropology`) Some anthropologists go further and call attention to the growth of `hybridity`—the dissolution of rigid cultural boundaries between groups hitherto ...
Hy·brid'i·ty noun Hybridism.