outgrowth
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noun
1.
a natural development, product, or result: to consider truancy an outgrowth of parental neglect.
2.
an additional, supplementary result.
3.
a growing out or forth.
4.
something that grows out; offshoot; excrescence.
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outgrowth (ˈaʊtˌɡrəʊθ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a thing growing out of a main body |
| 2. | a development, result, or consequence |
| 3. | the act of growing out |
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Example sentences
ID is an outgrowth of a desire to undermine evolutionary science, which is perceived to be a threat to their religious worldview.
Morals and ethics are an outgrowth of the way in which humans interact with each other.
Others see war as an outgrowth of relationships among individuals, societies, and governments.
Pinning it on robots gives the feel that this is an inevitable outgrowth of progress and an inevitability.
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