tocogenetic

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adjective

Pertaining to the evolutionary process in which the higher terms are generated by the lower through creative synthesis.

OriginAncient Greek τόκος →
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Meanings

adjectivetocogenetic (comparative more tocogenetic, superlative most tocogenetic)

comparative more tocogenetic · superlative most tocogenetic · alternative tokogenetic

  1. obsoletePertaining to the evolutionary process in which the higher terms are generated by the lower through creative synthesis.
  2. alternativesystematicsAlternative form of tokogenetic.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekτόκος“childbirth, gestation; offspring”
  2. Englishtocogenetic

From Ancient Greek τόκος (tókos, “childbirth, gestation; offspring”) + γένεσις (génesis, “origin, source”) + -ic.

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Anagrams

geotectonic
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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