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adj. - Bred of parents not closely related.

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  • So I see it as an unconscious aversion, a fear of being "outbred" by the "other."
  • There were over 100 separate languages that were coded by the Census Bureau and many of these linguistic subgoups were afraid of being "outbred" by the others,...
  • One is the fear of being outbred and then exterminated by the "other."
  • The underlying reason must be that people with thinner skulls outbred those with thicker.
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