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单词 palingenesis
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Definition of palingenesis in English:

palingenesis

noun ˌpalɪnˈdʒɛnɪsɪsˌpælənˈdʒɛnəsəs
mass nounBiology
  • The exact reproduction of ancestral characteristics in ontogenesis.

    〔生〕重演发育

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In a process the philosopher Ernst Cassirer, in his Essay on Man, called palingenesis, the past is recreated as a living organism in which every separate element is connected.
    • There was no obvious palingenesis bone shown in. the X-ray images.
    • Palingenesis has been used for the exact reproduction of ancestral features by inheritance.

Derivatives

  • palingenetic

  • adjective ˌpalɪndʒɪˈnɛtɪk
    Biology
    • Like other palingenetic movements, Strapaese did not condemn modernism and modernity outright but, as Braun argues, wished to reconcile aspects of modern technology and avant-gardism with adherence to tradition.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Agreeing on the fact that ‘change could not come about by waiting for economic laws to ‘bring about palingenetic events’ ‘, Gramsci strongly advocated a voluntarist approach to politics.’
      • ‘Alterations or distortions of the original palingenetic course of development’ Haeckel called ‘caenogenesis.’
      • The truck's role as principal protagonist in both the revolutionary violence and its productivist aftermath confirmed its mythic significance in this overtly palingenetic narrative.
      • Mazzini thought Italy's unity could be fostered only through ‘a collective palingenetic experience,’ by undergoing a process of ‘struggle, sacrifice, and martyrdom’ comparable to a religious transformation.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Greek palin 'again' + genesis 'birth'.

Definition of palingenesis in US English:

palingenesis

nounˌpælənˈdʒɛnəsəsˌpalənˈjenəsəs
Biology
  • The exact reproduction of ancestral characteristics in ontogenesis.

    〔生〕重演发育

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There was no obvious palingenesis bone shown in. the X-ray images.
    • In a process the philosopher Ernst Cassirer, in his Essay on Man, called palingenesis, the past is recreated as a living organism in which every separate element is connected.
    • Palingenesis has been used for the exact reproduction of ancestral features by inheritance.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Greek palin ‘again’ + genesis ‘birth’.

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