polygenism

n. (人种)多元发生说

发音

/pəˈlɪd͡ʒənɪzəm/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The belief that humans descended from more than one ancestral pair.

    不可数

    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)

词源

From poly- + genism?

来源：wiktionary