abiogenesis en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /-nɪ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /-ˌbiːoʊ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌeɪˌbaioʊˈd͡ʒɛnəsɪs/ (General-American)
- /-ˌbaɪə-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌeɪbaɪəʊˈdʒɛnəsɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /-ˌbiːə-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not-”, the alpha privative) + βῐ́ος (bĭ́os, “life”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”)) + γένεσις (génesis, “origin, source; manner of birth; creation”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis (“birth; production”)); equivalent to abio- + genesis. The words biogenesis and abiogenesis were both coined by English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895) in 1870 (see the quotation).
Meanings
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(countable, qualifier:evolutionary theory, uncountable) The origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents.
The assertion of [Louis] Pasteur is justified, that the onus probandi [burden of proof] lies with abiogenesists, since there is no experience of any living form more than ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of an inch in diameter springing to life out of inorganic matter; it is therefore vastly improbable (needing most cogent evidence to prove), that any form less than ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of an inch in size can be made to spring into life from inorganic matter. While abiogenesis is unproved, we hold to the conclusion that vital force is not the mere outcome or resultant of any or all of the other cosmic forces.
1872 October 3, “Societies and Academies: Philadelphia”, in Nature: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, volume VI, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 472, column 2:According to [Carl] Nägeli, the highest forms have evolved from the oldest cells produced through abiogenesis, and the lower forms are, depending on their position in the hierarchy, the descendants of respectively more recent abiogenesis.
1997, Eric Voegelin, “Race as Biological Unit”, in Ruth Hein, transl., edited by Klaus Vondung, Race and State: Translated from the German (The Collected Works of Eric Voegelin; 2), Baton Rouge, La.; London: Louisiana State University Press, →ISBN, part I (The Systematic Content of Race Theory), page 45:And thus the hypothesis that living matter always arises by the agency of pre-existing living matter, took definite shape; […] It will be necessary for me to refer to this hypothesis so frequently, that, to save circumlocution, I shall call it the hypothesis of Biogenesis; and I shall term the contrary doctrine—that living matter may be produced by not living matter—the hypothesis of Abiogenesis.
1870 September 17, [Thomas Henry Huxley], “The President’s Address”, in The Athenæum: Journal of English and Foreign Literature, Science, the Fine Arts, Music and the Drama, number 2238, London: Printed by Edward J. Francis, Took's Court, Chancery Lane, published at the office, 20, Wellington Street, Strand, W.C., by John Francis. [...], →OCLC, page 374, columns 2–3:Life began. There was one abiogenesis when something happened to turn inanimate matter into animate cells. And it happened only once. There are no abiogeneses today. Human life is continuous. Human persons are discontinuous and individual.
1971, Cyril C. Means, Jr., Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates [...], volume 117, part 23, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 30820, column 3:Although abiogenesis, the spontaneous creation of a living system under appropriate conditions, must have occurred at the end of the prebiotic world, spontaneous generation of life no longer occurs.
2014, G. Bradley Schaefer; James N. Thompson, Jr., “Genetics: Unity and Diversity”, in Medical Genetics: An Integrated Approach, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Education, →ISBN, page 3:
Forms
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Antonyms
Deriveds
abiogenesist · abiogenetically · abiogenetical · abiogeny · abiogenist · abiogenetic
Relateds
allopoiesis · spontaneous generation · biopoesis · autopoiesis
Synonyms
biopoiesis · origin of life · abiogeny
Translations (77)
da abiogenese (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · ga aibithghineas (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · hu abiogenezis (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · he אביוגנזה (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · ca abiogènesi (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · hy կյանքի ծագում (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · ml അജീവജീവോത്പത്തി (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · la abiogenesis (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · cmn 無生源說 /无生源说 (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · fi abiogeneesi (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · ar تولد تلقائي (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · tl singaw-buhay (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · sl ábíogenéza (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · lt abiogenezė (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · nl abiogenese (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · sh абиогенеза (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · fa نازیستزایی (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · ta உயிரிலிவழிப்பிறப்பு (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · pl abiogeneza (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · ml അജൈവജനനം (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · hu ősnemzés (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · ka აბიოგენეზი (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · fi alkusynty (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · it autogonia (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · bg самозара́ждане (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · pt abiogênese (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · mk абиогене́за (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · ca generació espontània (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · it archeobiosi (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · fr abiogenèse (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · ru абиогене́з (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · ml അബിയോജെനിസിസ് (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · jam abaiyojenisis (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · ro abiogeneză (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · pt abiogénese (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · ko 생명기원 (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · az abiogenez (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · es autogénesis (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · be узнікненне жыцця (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · tg абиогенез (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · ia abiogenese (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · vi sự phát sinh tự nhiên (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · ast abioxénesis (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · th กำเนิดชีวิตจากสิ่งไร้ชีวิต (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · de Abiogenese (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · it abiogenesi (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · sk abiogenéza (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · sv abiogenes (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · kk абиогенез (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · ja 自然発生説 (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · nb abiogenese (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · bg абиогене́за (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · de Abiogenesis (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · es generación espontánea (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · gl abioxénese (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · nn abiogenese (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · id abiogenesis (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · sh abiogeneza (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · af abiogenese (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · tr abiyogenez (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · pl samorództwo (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · es abiogénesis (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · yue 無生源論 /无生源论 (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · el αβιογένεση (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · uz abiogenez (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · pl archigonia (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · lv abioģenēze (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · pa ਉਤਭੁਜ (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · ms abiogenesis (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · uk абіогене́з (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · ca autogènesi (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · ml അജൈവജീവോൽപത്തി (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · eo abiogenezo (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · bn জীবনের উৎপত্তি (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · si අජීවජ්නනය (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · hi अजीवात् जीवोत्पत्ति (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) · is uppruni lífs (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter)
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