amalgam
Speech parts
1. amalgam - Noun
2. amalgam - Verb
Meaning
An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.
A mixture or compound of different things.
A native compound of mercury and silver.
To amalgamate.
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his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas
After Bryan's death in 1925, most intellectuals and activists on the broad left rejected the amalgam that had inspired him: a strict populist morality based on a close read reading of Scripture.
Anyone familiar with the songs the two cooked up for the Dan’s songs knows how rich they are with generous amalgam of humor and darkness intertwined.
An amalgam of diverse ideologies and interests, the League reflected a genuine popular wish for social change.
A bracing amalgam of skepticism and sympathy, is further proof of Joan Didion's infallible radar for the true spirit of our age.
He was an amalgam of tradition and modernity, wealth and virtue, elite and mass, high and low, great and good".