cormogeny

== English == === 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. === Noun === cormogeny (usually uncountable, plural cormogenies) (historical, biology, theory of recapitulation, rare) The study of the evolution of the forms of nationalities, ethnicities, races, etc. by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny. ==== Usage notes ==== As the theory of recapitulation presupposes "lower"/"less advanced" and "higher"/"more advanced" evolutionary forms, its application to nationalities, ethnicities, and races is, by modern standards, problematic from the outset. ==== Antonyms ==== cormophyly ==== Hypernyms ==== morphogeny ==== Coordinate terms ==== histogeny organogeny blastogeny === References === “cormogeny”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.