† nomogenyn.
Obsolete. rare.
The origination of life regarded as a natural process, as opposed to a miraculous one. Cf. nomogenesis n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > theories > [noun] > of origin or development of life
epigenesis1653
intelligent design1816
vitalism1822
ovarism1857
panspermy1857
creationism1860
monadism1860
nomogeny1868
thaumatogeny1868
biogenesis1870
panspermism1870
biogeny1871
polygenesis1871
panspermatism1874
monism1880
ovism1892
neo-vitalism1895
creation science1970
1868 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. III. 814 Nomogeny or Thaumatogeny?
1876 Amer. Naturalist 10 560 Was the transference real, consequent on nomogeny or the incoming of species by secondary law, the mode of operation of which we still have to learn?
Derivatives
nomogenist n. a believer in nomogeny.
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the world > life > biology > theories > person holding theory > [noun] > of origin or development of life
animalculist1730
epigenesist1784
vermiculist1784
animalist1800
epigenist1803
ovarist1816
spermatist1836
ovist1838
creationist1856
seminist1857
vitalist1860
monogenist1868
nomogenist1868
panspermist1868
abiogenist1870
heterogenist1870
panspermatist1870
ovulist1879
adaptionist1888
abiogenesist1889
thaumatogenist1891
1868 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. III. 817 The Nomogenist is reduced to enumerate the existing elements into which the simplest living jelly..is resolvable.
nomogenous adj. produced by or resulting from the operation of natural laws.
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the world > life > biology > theories > [adjective] > of origin or development of life
animalistic1739
panspermic1857
post-Darwinian1865
vitalistic1865
nomogenous1869
biogenetic1870
monogenetic1873
biogenetic1879
vitalistic1891
ovistic1893
biogenic1901
hologenetic1936
young-earth1979
1869 Student 2 428 The terms ‘nomogenous’ and miraculous are only contrasted by a limited school of theologians.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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