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‘The Southern opponents of polygenesis even employed many of the same arguments and sources used by abolitionists to attack white prejudice.’
‘For example, it seems to be the ground of his preference for monogenesis - the theory that the races are descended from a common stock - over polygenesis - the theory that the races have different origins.’
2The hypothetical origination of language or of a surname from a number of independent sources in different places at different times.
‘Proponents of polygenesis hold that the concept of genetic relatedness between languages is inaccurate.’
‘Both of Edo Nyland's theses are in contradiction to current opinions of linguists, who tend to suppose polygenesis of language families and language changes caused by natural evolution.’