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Definition of monogeny in English: monogenynoun məˈnɒdʒəniməˈnäjənē another term for monogenesis
Derivatives noun In the middle of the spectrum were naturalists and physicians who supported the unity of the human species (monogenism), though almost all assumed racial hierarchy. Example sentencesExamples - Some scholars thus called into question the Church's dogma of a single origin for all humankind (so-called ‘monogenism’), and resolved the discrepancy with a second creation.
- Broca argued that the anthropologists could debate monogenism or polygenism without extraneous preoccupations.
noun Among other Society members, we may discern three groups - the Christian monogenists, the hierarchical monogenist geographers and naturalists, and the polygenist colonial delegates and geographers. Example sentencesExamples - A former secretary of the Société de géographie, the Africanist was a hierarchical monogenist.
- On the other hand, religious conservative monogenists such as de Salle could be more defiantly anti-colonialist.
Definition of monogeny in US English: monogenynounməˈnäjənē another term for monogenesis |