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[ adjective ] consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature

Synonyms

heterogenous

Examples

"the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous"

Used in print

(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)

A heterogeneous people have needed it to attain an element of cultural and political cohesion in a new and ever_changing land .

(Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)

Nevertheless , for most_of the population of heterogeneous advanced societies , though less for the less religious portion , religion does perform certain modal individual and social functions .

2
[ adjective ] originating outside the body

Synonyms

heterogenous

Related terms

autogenous

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