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单词 polygenism
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Definition of polygenism in English:

polygenism

noun pəˈlɪdʒɪnɪz(ə)mpəˈlɪdʒəˌnɪzəm
mass noun
  • The doctrine of polygeny.

    the problem of polygenism and the dogma of original sin
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Broca argued that the anthropologists could debate monogenism or polygenism without extraneous preoccupations.
    • The tradition of anti-clerical skepticism even allowed geographers like Vivien to cry scientific freedom so polygenism could challenge the religious constraints of a Prichard.
    • In the context of this militant polygenism of 1854-57, the new anthropology professor Quatrefages accepted a version of black perfectibility.
    • Louis Aggasiz, for example, a Harvard biologist and opponent of evolution, was the foremost American expositor of polygenism, the notion that each race was a separate biological species.
    • The authority of the Scriptures was still great: the case for polygenism, put forward most famously by Henry Home, Lord Kames, met with widespread outrage.

Derivatives

  • polygenist

  • adjective & noun
    • The polygenist Paul Broca became the dominant figure in the field.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Though de Salle opposed Islam he was astute enough to see how the arguments of polygenists could serve slaveholders and imperial adventurers.
      • James Prichard, for example, sought to reveal the common origin of all humankind created by God, countering polygenist arguments such as those of Lord Kames, rather than positing the causes of development.
      • Although Cuvier believed that the human races had probably developed separately for several thousand years, there were others, who we today call polygenists, who argued that the races were actually separate species.
      • Quatrefages replied that polygenists in the United States had in fact used their theories to justify slavery.
 
 

Definition of polygenism in US English:

polygenism

nounpəˈlijəˌnizəmpəˈlɪdʒəˌnɪzəm
  • The doctrine of polygeny.

    the problem of polygenism and the dogma of original sin
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the context of this militant polygenism of 1854-57, the new anthropology professor Quatrefages accepted a version of black perfectibility.
    • Louis Aggasiz, for example, a Harvard biologist and opponent of evolution, was the foremost American expositor of polygenism, the notion that each race was a separate biological species.
    • Broca argued that the anthropologists could debate monogenism or polygenism without extraneous preoccupations.
    • The tradition of anti-clerical skepticism even allowed geographers like Vivien to cry scientific freedom so polygenism could challenge the religious constraints of a Prichard.
    • The authority of the Scriptures was still great: the case for polygenism, put forward most famously by Henry Home, Lord Kames, met with widespread outrage.
 
 
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