In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
HYBRIDISM
Etymology
Noun
hybridism (countable and uncountable, plural hybridisms)
The state of being hybrid.
The production of hybrids by cross-breeding.
(linguistics) The formation of a hybrid, a word from elements of different languages.
Source: Wiktionary
Hy"brid*ism, n.
Definition: The state or quality of being hybrid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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