Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

multiregionalism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mul-ti-re-gion-al-ism
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The hypothesis that humans first arose near the beginning of the Pleistocene, two million years ago, and subsequent human evolution has been within a single, continuous human species.

Uncountable

Etymology

From multiregional + -ism.

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What does multiregionalism mean?
The hypothesis that humans first arose near the beginning of the Pleistocene, two million years ago, and subsequent human evolution has been within a single, continuous human species.
Where does multiregionalism come from?
From multiregional + -ism.

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