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polygenism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/pəˈlɪd͡ʒənɪzəm/

Etymology

From poly- + genism?

Meanings

(uncountable) The belief that humans descended from more than one ancestral pair.
- 2003: Such pigmental indelibility spelt polygenism for some: blacks formed a distinct species altogether, a separate creation. — Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 248)