MONOGENISM


Meaning of MONOGENISM in English

— monogenist , n. — monogenistic , adj.

/meuh noj"euh niz'euhm/ , n.

the theory that the human race has descended from a single pair of individuals or a single ancestral type.

[ 1860-65; MONO- + -GEN + -ISM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .