hybridism

(hi’brior hib’ri-dizm), n. [ + -ism.] 1. The state or condition of being hybrid; the character of a hybrid. Also hybridity. Until recently, the interest attaching to hybridism was almost entirely of a practical nature. G. J. Romanes, Encye. Brit., XII. 422. 2. The act of hybridizing; the production or formation of hybrids of any kind. To tack on to a Gothic root a cla ical termination (and vice vers a) is to be guilty of Hybridism. Hybridism is the commonest fault that accompanies the introduction of new words. Latham, Eng. Lang., §§ 247, 248. Inappropriate hybridism is checked by the Law of Stetility. H. Drummond, Natural Law in Spiritual World, [Pretf., p. xiii.