Homogenocene

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A form of Homogocene — The current ecological era marked by anthropogenic biotic homogenization, having begun c. 1500 CE.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Homogocene.

    The birthplace of globalization looked a lot like many other places. In the Homogenocene, Kentucky Fried Chicken, McDonald’s, and Pizza Hut are always just minutes away.

    2011, Charles C. Mann, “The Dawn of the Homogenocene”, in Orion Magazine
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    The notion of the Homogenocene underlines the decrease in biodiversity and the increasing similarity between ecosystems around the world because of the success of invasive species—[…]

    2020, Mads Rosendahl Thomsen, Jacob Wamberg, editors, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Posthumanism, Bloomsbury, →ISBN
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APA

Homogenocene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Homogenocene

MLA

“Homogenocene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Homogenocene. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Homogenocene,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Homogenocene.

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