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naturogenic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin nātūralbor. Old French naturebor. Middle English nature English nature Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- French -gènebor. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic English naturogenic From nature + -o- + -genic.

Meanings

1. Having a natural cause; used especially of global warming as an antonym to anthropogenic.
   • 1975 ICSSR Journal of Abstracts and Reviews Functional regions, specializing in particular types or stages of human activity, are subdivided into (a) naturogenic regions, determined on the basis of differences in physical conditions . . .
   • Two subtypes of primal nature need to be distinguished: naturogenic and anthropogenic. 2006, Aaron Matthew McCright, Terry Nichols Clark, Community and Ecology:

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