amalgamation
/əˌmælɡəˈmeɪʃən/
amalgamation means the process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation. It carries an Arena rating of 1504, earned across 40 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, amalgamation ranks #2,488 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say, #2,781 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #3,236 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words, #4,229 of 17,127 for Words That Escaped Their Books.
amalgamation is pronounced /əˌmælɡəˈmeɪʃən/.
Why “amalgamation” is a great word
AMALGAMATION — [Noun] The action or result of combining or merging separate elements into a unified whole, especially the union of companies or the alloying of a metal with mercury. From Medieval Latin amalgamātiōn-, amalgamātiō, from amalgamare ("to alloy with mercury"), from amalgama ("amalgam"). First recorded in English 1605–15. Unlike a "blend," which suggests a smooth mixture where components lose identity, or an "acquisition," which denotes one entity absorbing another, amalgamation implies a mutual consolidation forging an entirely new entity. It is the alchemical marriage of silver and mercury in a dentist's mortar, the signing of corporate charters to birth a conglomerate, and the slow, muddy confluence of two rivers—a testament to the fact that creation is often a formalized and permanent surrender.
Etymology
From Medieval Latin amalgamātiō.
noun
- The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
- The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
- The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.; The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal, especially used in antiquity to extract gold and silver from ores.
- The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races.
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