polygenism
English
Etymology
From poly- + -genism.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /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)