polygenism
English
Etymology
poly- + genism?
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəˈlɪd͡ʒənɪzəm/
Noun
polygenism (uncountable)
- (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)