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One who maintains that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair; opposed to monogenist.
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Polygenist — Po*lyg e*nist ( n[i^]st), n. (Biol.) One who maintains that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair; opposed to {monogenist}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
polygenist — po·lyg·e·nist … English syllables
polygenist — nə̇st noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary polygeny + ist : one who accepts the doctrine of polygenism … Useful english dictionary
polygenism — polygenist, n., adj. polygenistic, adj. /peuh lij euh niz euhm/, n. the theory that the human race has descended from two or more ancestral types. [1875 80; POLY + GEN(Y) + ISM] * * * … Universalium
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Christoph Meiners — (31 July 1747–1 May 1810) was a German philosopher and historian, born in Hemmoor. He supported a polygenist theory of human origins. Christoph Meiners Chistoph Meiners was born in Warstade (now a part of Hemmoor) near Ottendorf. He started at a… … Wikipedia
Monogenist — Mo*nog e*nist, n. (Anthropol.) One who maintains that the human races are all of one species; opposed to {polygenist}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
