Cormogeny

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of the evolution of the forms of nationalities, ethnicities, races, etc. by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny. historical, rare, uncountable, usually

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.

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