homogeneous
adjective
ho·mo·ge·neous
| \ ˌhō-mə-ˈjē-nē-əs
, -ˈjēn-yəs\
, -ˈjēn-yəs\
Definition of homogeneous
1
: of the same or a similar kind or nature
2
: of uniform structure or composition throughout
a culturally homogeneous neighborhood
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Examples of homogeneous in a Sentence
In their natural state, mountains of this type are almost entirely covered by dense forest. The wooded landscape is very uniform, lacking in contrast, and any disturbance of the homogeneous green blanket is very obvious …
— John Crowley, Focus on Geography, Winter 2007
One odd side effect is that, during the last 20 years, the formerly homogeneous, rather stodgy world of academic criticism has diversified into an incoherent mob of competing factions.
— Walter Kendrick, New York Times Book Review, 24 Dec. 1995
The Benedictine convents for women, which had begun to be founded soon after Benedict's day, became particularly homogeneous in their social composition. The nuns of the ninth and tenth centuries were all high-born ladies, and it was almost impossible to be admitted to these convents without being a widowed or maiden relative of an important lord.
— Norman F. Cantor, The Civilization of the Middle Ages, 1993
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Karpe played at the memorial ceremony that year, and their lyrics about integration and prejudice have always told powerful stories of the immigrant experience in a largely homogeneous society. — Heidi Taksdal Skjeseth, Billboard, "Local Hip-Hop Duo Karpe Closes Out 2019 Oya Festival in Norway With Emotional Show Under Heavy Rain," 11 Aug. 2019 But on the other, that made for a pretty homogeneous Hollywood of smooth hair and barrel waves, without tons of aspirational curls, kinks, and coils to look up to. — Glamour, "17 Celebrities Who Gave Us Rare, Incredible Glimpses at Their Curls," 8 Aug. 2019 In Poland, a narrative of history that embraces fragmentation, diversity, and intermingling is unavoidably political, disrupting a long-standing mythology of the country as a homogeneous Catholic nation. — Ruth Franklin, The New Yorker, "Olga Tokarczuk’s Novels Against Nationalism," 29 July 2019 The Path to Algorithmic Equality Silicon Valley’s rapid innovations have the power to shape ever larger parts of our lives, but the industry’s homogeneous culture often overlooks the interests of women and minorities. — New York Times, "Harassment, Equality, Power: What Leaders Said at the New Rules Summit," 17 June 2019 East West also gets beyond the temptation to treat all Asian communities as some homogeneous, monolithic block. — Makeda Easter, latimes.com, "For race-specific theater companies, the fight for diversity onstage is far from over," 13 June 2019 The criminal justice system of a socialistic European country that is fairly homogeneous and very white. — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, "Trump and Sweden don't see eye to eye – on anything," 2 Aug. 2019 The interracial slum was razed and mapped into homogeneous zones of absolute difference. — Longreads, "A Minor Figure," 20 July 2019 Just as people tend to hire people who look like them, a similar problem can arise when the gatekeepers of who gets published are a homogeneous group. — NBC News, "How Dawn Davis is bringing marginalized voices into book stores across America," 27 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'homogeneous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for homogeneous
homogeneous
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of homogeneous
somewhat formal
: made up of the same kind of people or things
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homogeneous
adjective
ho·mo·ge·neous
| \ -ˈjē-nē-əs, -nyəs
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Medical Definition of homogeneous
: of uniform structure or composition throughout
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