monogenist

English

Etymology

monogeny +‎ -ist

Adjective

monogenist (not comparable)

1. Having a common origin; exhibiting monogenesis.
   • 2001, Joseph D. Robinson, Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission, page 23:

     Despite those demonstrations of a monogenist embryological development, opponents continued their advocacy of polygenist views by focusing instead on nerve regeneration: after a nerve is cut the processes peripheral to the injury first degenerate and later regenerate.

Noun

monogenist (plural monogenists)

1. (anthropology, historical) One who maintains that all members of the human race belong to a single species.

Antonyms

• polygenist

Related terms

• monogenesis
• monogenetic
• monogenetically

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “monogenist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French monogéniste.

Noun

monogenist m (plural monogeniști)

1. monogenist

Declension

Declension of monogenist

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) monogenist	monogenistul	(niște) monogeniști	monogeniștii
genitive/dative	(unui) monogenist	monogenistului	(unor) monogeniști	monogeniștilor
vocative	monogenistule		monogeniștilor