biogeny

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noun

Biogenesis.

Similar
biogenesis
OriginGerman Biogenie →
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Meanings

biogeny1

nounbiogeny (uncountable)
  1. uncountableBiogenesis.

biogeny2

nounbiogeny (uncountable)
  1. historicalrareuncountabletheory of recapitulationbiologyThe study of evolutionary history not only phylogenically, by also by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe production of living organisms from other living organisms

Similar
biogenesis
Broader
generationmultiplicationpropagation
Also see
biogenesis

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

biogeny · noun

From bio- + -geny.

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biogeny · noun

  1. GermanBiogenie
  2. Englishbiogeny

Learned borrowing from German Biogenie, itself from bio- + -genie; equivalent to bio- (“life”) + -geny (“origin”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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