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What does outbreed mean?

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Verb
  1. To breed from parents not closely related.
  2. (transitive) To breed more successfully than.
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Why don't the stay-at-homes simply outbreed the do-gooders and thus bury the altruistic impulse along with the casualties of combat?
If the key to economic progress in the past was the survival of the richest, what is in store now that the richest no longer outbreed everyone else?
Both Lamarckians and Weismannists admit that the better adapted to its surroundings a living form may be, the more likely it is to outbreed its compeers.
But outbreed too far and other difficulties arise as genetic incompatibilities between the parents make reproduction harder.
Showy peacocks attract more predators, but they outbreed drabber rivals just because peahens adore flashy tails.
As a result, the sicklier agriculturists were able to outbreed the more robust hunter-gatherers.

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