polygenism

English

Etymology

From poly- +‎ genism?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈlɪd͡ʒənɪzəm/

Noun

polygenism (uncountable)

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)