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单词 mulism
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mulismn.

Brit. /ˈmjuːlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmjuˌlɪz(ə)m/
Forms: 1700s– mulism, 1800s muleism.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mule n.1, -ism suffix.
Etymology: < mule n.1 + -ism suffix.
rare.
1. A mulish characteristic; a piece of obstinacy. Obsolete.
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1798 A. Seward Lett. (1811) V. 167 It was one of her little mulisms to fancy and assert that she could not understand verse.
2. The breeding of mules. In extended use: hybridism, miscegenation. Now historical.
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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > mixed race > [noun]
mongrelism1598
mixture1634
half-breed1775
half-caste1798
mixed blood1817
Eurasianism1833
mongrelity1859
mulism1861
miscegenation1863
miscegenesis1880
miscegeny1887
métissage1891
half-castism1896
1861 J. H. Van Evrie Negroes & Negro Slavery 147 The fourth generation of mulattoism is as absolutely sterile as muleism.
1995 Evening Standard (Nexis) 25 Sept. 27 A useful summary of the history of racial debates..from Victorian brain-weighers to crackpot Americam theorists of ‘mulism’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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