Associations to the word «Polygenesis»
Noun
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Wiktionary
POLYGENESIS, noun. The genesis of a species from more than one ancestor.
POLYGENESIS, noun. (biology) The theory that living organisms originate in cells or embryos of different kinds, instead of coming from a single cell; as opposed to monogenesis.
POLYGENESIS, noun. (linguistics) The theory that languages developed independently in different places at different periods, as opposed to originating from a single source.
Wise words
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could
conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly
sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had
this power.