English Explanatory Dictionary

cormogeny

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The study of the evolution of the forms of nationalities, ethnicities, races, etc. by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.

Word forms

cormogeny cormogenies

Etymology

Learned borrowing from German Cormogenie, itself from Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós) + -genie; equivalent to Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “tree-trunk”) + -geny (“origin”). By surface analysis, cormo- + -geny.

Antonyms

cormophyly
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