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Definition of Monogeny
1. n. Monogenesis.
Definition of Monogeny
1. Noun. monogenesis ¹
2. Noun. (anthropology) The doctrine that all of the members of the human race have a common origin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monogeny
1. asexual reproduction [n -NIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monogeny
Literary usage of Monogeny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anthropological Review by Anthropological Society of London (1866)
"KRH Mackenzie, Esq., FSA, FASL On monogeny and ... These papers were declared to
be eligible for reading before Section D. A paper " On monogeny and ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Also called monogeny. ... and — = ax ay .эх эт ox ay ov ox It is usually defined
as a function having a differential coefficient. monogeny (mo-noj'e-ni), w. ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"... and monogeny, the physical and mental differences of races, their languages
and social regulations. Under the second heading the author's theory of ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... tion docs not interfere with the discussion which tie anthropologists carry
on respecting monogeny or ..."
5. The Journal of the Polynesian Society by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) (1892)
"... began to pick them to pieces, when there appeared from the first log a man,
and from the second a woman, thus proving the monogeny of the human species. ..."
6. The Negro Problem: Abraham Lincoln's Solution by William Passmore Pickett (1909)
"Ethnologically speaking, whether we adopt the doctrine of monogeny and insist
upon the original unity of the human race, or embrace the theory of separate ..."
7. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1867)
"The native traditions of the aborigines were not confirmatory of this theory of
monogeny. He gave a minute description of the materials he had been able to ..."
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