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cormogeny

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cor-moge-ny
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The study of the evolution of the forms of nationalities, ethnicities, races, etc. by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.

Uncountable

Etymology

Learned borrowing from German Cormogenie, itself from Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós) + -genie; equivalent to Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “tree-trunk”) + -geny (“origin”). By surface analysis, cormo- + -geny.

Usage

Inflected Forms

cormogenies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

histogeny organogeny blastogeny

Antonyms

cormophyly

Questions

What does cormogeny mean?
The study of the evolution of the forms of nationalities, ethnicities, races, etc. by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.
Where does cormogeny come from?
Learned borrowing from German Cormogenie, itself from Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós) + -genie; equivalent to Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “tree-trunk”) + -geny (“origin”). By surface analysis, cormo- + -geny.

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