contraselection

noun

Etymology

From contra- + selection.

  1. learned borrowing from sēlēctiō
  2. prefixed as contraselection — “contra + selection

Definitions

  1. Selection for a desirable trait that has unintended negative consequences.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for contraselection. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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