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n. - Asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores.

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  • Go check out the views known as monogenesis and polygenesis that appear as scientific cover for a growing view of white supremacy that did not exist prior to the 1800's.
  • David Hume's position on the conflict between polygenesis versus monogenesis is the subject of some scholarly debate.
  • Although the Catholic Gobineau initially espoused monogenesis, he later leaned towards polygenesis and ended up ambivalent on this issue
  • The denial of an innate and privileged character of the Adamic language does not, however, mean denial of the doctrine of the monogenesis of languages.
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