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单词 monogenesis
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Definition of monogenesis in English:

monogenesis

noun ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪsɪsˌmɑnoʊˈdʒɛnəsəs
mass noun
  • 1The theory that humans are all descended from a single pair of ancestors.

    一元发生说(指人类由同一对祖先繁衍的理论)。亦称MONOGENY

    Also called monogeny
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This seems to be the ground of his preference for monogenesis - the theory that the races are descended from a common stock - over polygenesis - the theory that the races have different origins.
    • Almost any popular folk narrative provides evidence of monogenesis.
    1. 1.1Linguistics The hypothetical origination of language or of a surname from a single source at a particular place and time.
      〔语言学〕单源论
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Language seems to have been the evolutionary Rubicon for Homo sapiens, though the paleolinguist rejects the notion of linguistic monogenesis.

Derivatives

  • monogenetic

  • adjective ˌmɒnə(ʊ)dʒəˈnɛtɪkˌmɑnədʒəˈnɛdɪk
    • A genetic model describing polygenetic and monogenetic factors for the inheritance of the osteochondral disease was used to detect the presence of a major inheritance gene pigs.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Theories of origin Various theories have been proposed to account for the origin of pidgin languages, and fall into three broad types: monogenetic, polygenetic, and universalist.
      • According to the monogenetic theory, Papiamentu originated from a single Afro-Portuguese proto-Creole, that developed as a lingua franca in western Africa.
      • If genetic engineering were confined to the elimination of monogenetic diseases there would be almost no one, I suspect, who could seriously argue against it.
      • Most linguists reject such a strict monogenetic view because pidgins and Creoles are typically formed through a convergence of linguistic structures from more than one genetic stock.

Definition of monogenesis in US English:

monogenesis

nounˌmänōˈjenəsəsˌmɑnoʊˈdʒɛnəsəs
  • 1The theory that humans are all descended from a single pair of ancestors.

    一元发生说(指人类由同一对祖先繁衍的理论)。亦称MONOGENY

    Also called monogeny
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Almost any popular folk narrative provides evidence of monogenesis.
    • This seems to be the ground of his preference for monogenesis - the theory that the races are descended from a common stock - over polygenesis - the theory that the races have different origins.
    1. 1.1Linguistics The hypothetical origination of language or of a surname from a single source at a particular place and time.
      〔语言学〕单源论
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Language seems to have been the evolutionary Rubicon for Homo sapiens, though the paleolinguist rejects the notion of linguistic monogenesis.
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