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monogenist

monogenist adjective: having a common origin; exhibiting monogenesis.

Adjective

monogenist (not comparable)

  1. Having a common origin; exhibiting monogenesis.
    • 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.2001, Joseph D. Robinson, Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission, page 23

Noun

monogenist (plural monogenists)

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

Forms of monogenist

pluralmonogenists

Origin of monogenist

From monogeny + -ist.

Questions about monogenist

What does monogenist mean?
Monogenist means having a common origin; exhibiting monogenesis.
What part of speech is monogenist?
Monogenist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near monogenist in the dictionary

  1. monogenic
  2. monogenically
  3. monogenicity
  4. monogenics
  5. monogenism
  6. monogenist
  7. monogenistic
  8. monogenists
  9. monogenoid
  10. monogenoidean
  11. monogenoids

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