Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heterogenist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-ero-genist
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who believes in the theory of spontaneous generation, or heterogenesis.

Example Sentences

"M. Pouchet did not believe in what we term Archebiosis , ' and he quite legitimately called himself a heterogenist"

Inflected Forms

heterogenists (plural)

Questions

What does heterogenist mean?: One who believes in the theory of spontaneous generation, or heterogenesis.

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