Pre-adamitism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The belief that humanity is descended from a single progenitor that predates Adam. uncountable

    "The doctrine of 'pre-Adamitism,' while heretical and guaranteed to generate storms of controversy, won some prominent adherents."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of pre-Adamitism. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

    "Various of polygenism (plurality of origin) Theories has found special favor, partly as co-adamitism, or descent of different races from different progenitors (Paracelsus and others), partly as pre-adamitism,"

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"The doctrine of 'pre-Adamitism,' while heretical and guaranteed to generate storms of controversy, won some prominent adherents."

Etymology

From pre-Adamite + -ism.

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