monogenist

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English

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Etymology

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monogeny +‎ -ist

Adjective

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monogenist (not comparable)

  1. Having a common origin; exhibiting monogenesis.
    • 2001, Joseph D. Robinson, Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission, page 23:
      Despite those demonstrations of a monogenist embryological development, opponents continued their advocacy of polygenist views by focusing instead on nerve regeneration: after a nerve is cut the processes peripheral to the injury first degenerate and later regenerate.

Noun

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monogenist (plural monogenists)

  1. (anthropology, historical) One who maintains that all members of the human race belong to a single species.[1]

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French monogéniste.

Noun

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monogenist m (plural monogeniști)

  1. monogenist

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