monogenist

English

Etymology

monogeny +‎ -ist

Noun

monogenist (plural monogenists)

1. (anthropology, historical) One who maintains that all members of the human race belong to a single species.

Antonyms

• polygenist

Related terms

• monogenesis
• monogenetic
• monogenetically

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “monogenist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)