monogenesis

/mษ’nษ™หˆdอกส’ษ›nษ™sษชs/

IPA: /M OW1 N OW0 JH EH1 N AH0 S AH0 S/

noun
  1. 1

    The theory that mankind originated with a single ancestor or ancestral couple.

  2. 2

    The theory that all languages, or a particular set of languages, originated from a single source.

  3. 3

    Development of the ovum from a parent like itself.

  4. 4

    The emergence from a single cause.

Antonyms

polygenesis

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