Usually means: Preference for similar characteristics in pairing.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. assortative: Merriam-Webster
  2. assortative: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. assortative: Collins English Dictionary
  4. assortative: Wordnik
  5. assortative: Wiktionary
  6. assortative: Dictionary.com
  7. assortative: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. assortative: Merriam-Webster

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. assortative: Legal dictionary

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. assortative: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. assortative: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Characterized by assorting.

Similar:
assimilatory, heteroassociative, affinitive, akin, congruous, correlative, congruent, affine, coadjuting, matching, more...

Opposite:
disassortative, non-assortative, random mating

Phrases:
assortative mating, assortative pairing, more...

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Similar:
assimilatory, heteroassociative, affinitive, akin, congruous, correlative, congruent, affine, coadjuting, matching, more...

Opposite:
disassortative, non-assortative, random mating

Phrases:
assortative mating, assortative pairing, more...



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