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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Monogeny

Monogeny \Mo*nog"e*ny\, n.

  1. Monogenesis.

  2. (Anthropol.) The doctrine that the members of the human race have all a common origin.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
monogeny

"theory that humankind originated from a single pair of ancestors," 1865; see mono- + -geny.

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monogeny

n. 1 monogenesis 2 (context anthropology English) The doctrine that all of the members of the human race have a common origin.