Melding

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A composite or hybrid, the result of being melded.

    "Cross-cultural meldings of Eastern and Western dance styles and aesthetics must have been unusual and perhaps somewhat exotic when the Saeko Ichinohe Dance Company was founded in 1970."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of meld form-of, gerund, participle, present

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additionaffiliationagglomerationaggregationagreementalliance

Example

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"And that is the “sustainable happiness” he seeks to achieve by melding Western psychotherapy and Eastern spirituality."

Etymology

From meld + -ing.

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