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ANTHROPOGENY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The evolution or genesis of the human race
Synonyms:
anthropogenesis; anthropogeny
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("anthropogeny" is a kind of...):
evolution; organic evolution; phylogenesis; phylogeny ((biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms)
Derivation:
anthropogenetic (of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings)