| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ noun
Etymology: New Latin, from parthen- + Latin genesis
1. : reproduction that involves development of a female or rarely of a male gamete without fertilization, that occurs commonly among lower plants and invertebrate animals but rarely as a natural process among seed plants and vertebrates although it may be induced by artificial mechanical or chemical stimulation of the eggs of some vertebrates and that in nature either constitutes the sole form of sexual reproduction or alternates with bisexual activities in a pattern adapted to the needs and peculiar life circumstances of the organism — distinguished from asexual reproduction ; compare apogamy
2. : creation or production of something by a process held to resemble biological parthenogenesis
atheism was supposed to have produced revolution by parthenogenesis — V.G.Kiernan