polygenism
The belief that humans descended from more than one ancestral pairThe belief that humans descended from more than one ancestral pair.
/pəˈlɪd͡ʒənɪzəm/
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)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)
Origin
From poly- + genism?From poly- + genism?
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable