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polygenism

/pəˈlɪd͡ʒənɪzəm/

polygenism noun: the belief that humans descended from more than one ancestral pair.

Noun

polygenism (uncountable)

  1. 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)

polygenism meaning in Tamil

polygenism in Tamil

பல் மரபியல் கோட்பாடு

Origin of polygenism

From poly- + genism?

Questions about polygenism

What does polygenism mean?
Polygenism means the belief that humans descended from more than one ancestral pair.
What is polygenism in Tamil?
Polygenism in Tamil is பல் மரபியல் கோட்பாடு. See Polygenism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is polygenism?
Polygenism is a noun.
How do you pronounce polygenism?
Polygenism is pronounced /pəˈlɪd͡ʒənɪzəm/.

Words near polygenism in the dictionary

  1. polygenic
  2. polygenically
  3. polygenicities
  4. polygenicity
  5. polygenies
  6. polygenism
  7. polygenist
  8. polygenistic
  9. polygenists
  10. polygenome
  11. polygenomes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: polygenism (page history and authors); polygenism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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