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polygeny|pəˈlɪdʒɪnɪ|
[f. poly- + Gr. -γενεια birth.]
The (theoretical) origination of mankind (or of any species) from several independent pairs of ancestors; loosely, the theory of such origination, polygenism.
1865Reader 14 Oct. 433/3 An anthropological paper entitled ‘Monogeny and Polygeny’. 1879Athenæum 30 Aug. 276/1 Nowadays both slavery and polygeny have so dropped out of sight that a single paragraph is enough to record their unholy alliance. 1893S. Laing Hum. Origins 405 Polygeny, or plural origins, would at first sight seem to be the most plausible theory to account for the great diversities of human races. |