polygenism

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IPA /pəˈlɪd͡ʒənɪzəm/

Noun

polygenism noun

(ethnology) 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)”

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polygenist polygeny monogeny polygenotype polygenesis monogenism monogenist polygenesist ethnogenics polygenicity monogenesis ethnogeny ethnogenist paragenesis ethnophyletism polyphyleticism

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