homogenous
adjective
ho·mog·e·nous
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Definition of homogenous
2
: homogeneous
Examples of homogenous in a Sentence
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By today’s standards, SVH’s characters are woefully homogenous — but Pascal intentionally made some inroads with diversity later in the series. — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, "Sweet Valley High," 16 Aug. 2019 Lynnette’s Kitchen Visiting this private diner in a government flat isn’t just a chance for out-of-towners to get a peek inside Singapore’s homogenous, cookie-cutter government housing, where 80 percent of its population lives. — Audrey Phoon, Condé Nast Traveler, "Singapore’s Private Kitchens Are the Island’s Hottest Dining Experience," 14 Aug. 2019 That Japan is rapidly becoming less socially homogenous threatens its understanding of itself, too. — The Economist, "Ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, Japan ponders what it means to be Japanese," 27 July 2019 Among the limitations to the study: Participants were a relatively homogenous group of white, Swedish boys with a body mass index ranging from 12.3 to 29.3 -- lower than the range for US boys. — Minali Nigam, CNN, "Boys are hitting puberty earlier, partially due to rise in BMI, study suggests," 22 July 2019 Careful analysis by Rhemtulla revealed that forest cover had become denser and more homogenous. — Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, "Repeat Photography Reveals How Glaciers Change Over Time," 17 June 2019 These stereotypes that preclude women from equal consideration for executive leadership contributes to a detrimental cycle that results in homogenous, reductive perspectives in creative spaces. — Kwasi Boadi, Billboard, "Rising Execs Eye a More Inclusive Industry at American Express' Women in Music Leadership Academy," 24 June 2019 Now, baseball has been boiled down to and based entirely upon four actions — home runs, strikeouts, walks, and bullpenning, that’s the gospel of the game, resulting in largely homogenous hardball. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "You get a whiff of failure when boiling down baseball numbers," 22 June 2019 One of the few black students at Daria’s high school in the original series, Jodie was a high-achieving, well-liked student who nonetheless frequently felt like an outsider in her conspicuously homogenous surroundings. — Sarah Todd, Quartz at Work, "A spinoff of MTV’s “Daria” will take on the Gen Z experience of working in tech," 17 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'homogenous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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homogenous
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ho·mog·e·nous
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Medical Definition of homogenous
1
: homoplastic sense 2
the value of preserved homogenous bone grafts as compared with autogenous grafts — Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
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: homogeneous