English Explanatory Dictionary

anthropogenesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The origin of man.

Word forms

anthropogenesis

Etymology

From anthropo- + -genesis, attested in English 1862, replacing or used alongside earlier anthropogeny; earlier use in German Anthropogenesis and French anthropogénésie (alongside anthropogénie), from the 1820s.

Synonyms

anthropogeny

Related words

anthropogenic
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