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aggeneration

aggeneration noun: the act of producing in addition.

Noun

aggeneration (countable and uncountable, plural aggenerations)

  1. (rare) The act of producing in addition.
    • There haue beene..additions vnto this Church without substraction; continuall adgeneration without corruption.1627, Thomas Jackson, Treatise Catholike Faith
    1. (rare) Growth or regeneration from grafting.
    2. (rare, eugenics) Contribution to a race through reproduction.
      • The higher task is now ours of the regeneration of the race, or, if we wish to express that betterment less questionably, the aggeneration of the race.1912, Henry Havelock Ellis, Task of Social Hygiene

Forms of aggeneration

pluralaggenerations
alternative formadgeneration

Origin of aggeneration

From Medieval Latin aggeneratio (“generating in addition”), from aggenerat- (past participle stem of aggenerare) + io (“-ion”).

Words formed from aggeneration

  • aggenerate

Questions about aggeneration

What does aggeneration mean?
Aggeneration means the act of producing in addition.
What part of speech is aggeneration?
Aggeneration is a noun.
What is the plural of aggeneration?
The plural of aggeneration is aggenerations.

Words near aggeneration in the dictionary

  1. Aggarwal
  2. Aggarwals
  3. aggat
  4. aggats
  5. agged
  6. aggeneration
  7. aggenerations
  8. aggenital
  9. agger
  10. agger nasi
  11. aggerate

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