Polygenism

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pəˈlɪdÍ¡Ê’É™nɪzÉ™m/

Origin

From poly- + -genism.

Full definition of polygenism

Noun

1. (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)