cross-fertilization

Noun

Meaning

interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial

fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

cross-fertilisation exchange interaction sharing blending interchange articulation conjugation fertilization insemination impregnation puddling fecundation synthesis pollination
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Antonyms

self-fertilization self-fertilisation self-fertilizing

Hypernyms

interchange fertilization impregnation reciprocation fecundation give-and-take

Hyponyms

allogamy

Examples

Because I am not formally trained in the medical sciences, I can bring in new ideas to AIDS research and the cross-fertilization of ideas from different fields could be a valuable contribution to finding the cure for AIDS. Philip Emeagwali

Ghetto is impotence. Cultural cross-fertilization is the only possibility for human development. Isaac Leib Peretz

I would like to bring people who have never been to a museum into a museum. And I would like to bring museum goers into libraries. I think there ought to be this cross-fertilization. Susan Vreeland

the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts Source: Internet

Certainly this period of dissemination and cultural cross-fertilization definitively shifted the balance of intellectual initiative from south to north. Source: Internet

Thus, the desirable (for human management) traits of einkorn could be perpetuated at less risk of cross-fertilization with wild plants which might have traits—e.g. smaller seeds, shattering seed heads, etc. -- less desirable for human management. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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