English
Etymology
From poly- + -genism.
Pronunciation
IPA|/p��lɪʤ�nɪz�m/
Noun
en-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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