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单词 anthropogeny
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anthropogenyn.

Brit. /ˌanθrəˈpɒdʒᵻni/, /ˌanθrəˈpɒdʒn̩i/, U.S. /ˌænθrəˈpɑdʒəni/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: anthropo- comb. form, -geny comb. form.
Etymology: < anthropo- comb. form + -geny comb. form. In sense 1 originally after post-classical Latin anthropogenia (1671 or earlier); compare French anthropogénie (1750 or earlier), German Anthropogenie (1802 or earlier in this sense). In sense 2 after German Anthropogenie (1874 in this sense, in E. Haeckel Anthropogenie). Compare earlier anthropogony n.
1. The process of human reproduction and fetal development; the study of this, as a branch of medical science; a theory or account of this. Obsolete.
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1831 F. Rivinus Catal. Med. Libr. Philadelphia Alms-house Index of Subj. 137 Anthropogeny.
1833 London Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 3 617/2 There is no treatise on children which embraces correct views on anthropogeny, or the generation of man.
1856 C. G. Comegys tr. P.-V. Renouard Hist. Med. i. iii. iv. 134 With this somewhat fantastic anthropogeny, the author attempts to show connections, not less curious, between vital and astral heat.
2. The origin or development of humankind or the human species (= anthropogenesis n. 1). Also: (esp. in scientific contexts) the branch of study concerned with this; (esp. in theological or mythological contexts) an account or theory of human origins (= anthropogony n. 1).In scientific contexts, the term originally (as in the work of Haeckel) encompassed both the scientific study of human evolution (phylogeny) and that of comparative embryology (ontogeny), but it soon came to be applied only to the former.
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anthropogony1810
anthropogeny1905
1874 Sat. Rev. 17 Oct. 514/2 Ernest Hæckel's long expected ‘Anthropogeny, or History of Human Development’, is undoubtedly in some respects a great work.
1905 Science 22 Dec. 812/2 Up to the present, the field of systematic knowledge dealing with the progress of mankind (the science of human phylogeny, sometimes called anthropogeny) has not been clearly defined.
1914 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Soc. 44 139 A mythopoetic people, whose systems of cosmogony and anthropogeny teem with personifications of natural phenomena and objects.
1952 S. W. Baron Social & Relig. Hist. Jews (ed. 2) I. ii. 47 Early biblical narratives pay far less attention to cosmogony and anthropogeny than to the subsequent human destinies.
1977 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 90 162 The issue rests in whether the teaching embodied in the various [Lakota] anthropogenies is compatible with Walker's manuscript account of the creation.
2002 A. Tripolitis Relig. Hellenistic–Roman Age v. 135 The work is also an important source of pagan gnostical cosmogony and anthropogeny.
2008 Science 1 Feb. 557/3 A new virtual center to gather researchers from disciplines related to anthropogeny, the study of human origins, will be announced shortly.
3. The origination of something in human activity; the extent to which something originates in human activity. Cf. anthropogenesis n. 2. rare.
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1973 Interfaces 3 46 The concept of anthropogeny is of fundamental importance in discussions of environmental pollution.
2008 S. Manguin et al. Biodiversity of Malaria in World 152/2 The proportion of both species varied enormously according to the topography, the climate, the season, the vegetation, and the anthropogeny of the environment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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