inbreeding

Variant of inbreed

inbreed definition

in·breed (in′brēd′)

transitive verb inbred -·bred′, inbreeding -·breed′·ing

  1. Rare to form or develop within
  2. to breed by continual mating of individuals of the same or closely related stocks

intransitive verb

  1. to engage in such breeding
  2. to become too refined, effete, etc. as the result of arbitrarily narrow social or cultural association

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