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Word: Palingenesis
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘regeneration, rebirth’): probably from the rare word palingenesia (in the same sense), via medieval Latin from Greek paliggenesia, from palin ‘again’ + genesis ‘birth’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌpalɪnˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the exact reproduction of ancestral characteristics in ontogenesis.
Short Definition:exact reproduction of ancestral characteristics in ontogenesis
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