Antonyms for ontogenesis


Grammar : Noun
Spell : on-toj-uh-nee
Phonetic Transcription : ɒnˈtɒdʒ ə ni


Definition of ontogenesis

Origin :
  • "development of an individual," 1872, from onto- + -geny. Related: Ontogenic; ontogenesis.
  • As in development : noun growth
Example sentences :
  • But ontogenesis would have furnished us with facts no less cogent.
  • Extract from : « Creative Evolution » by Henri Bergson
  • It studies man from two different points of view: his development (ontogenesis), and his variations.
  • Extract from : « Pedagogical Anthropology » by Maria Montessori
  • The ontogenesis of any given living organism is a short, condensed recapitulation of its ancestral history or of its phylogenesis.
  • Extract from : « The Last Link » by Ernst Haeckel
  • It summarises the history of species; ontogenesis, we are told, reproduces phylogenesis.
  • Extract from : « A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson » by Edouard le Roy
  • This exceedingly important larval form, the "gastrula," makes its appearance in the ontogenesis of all tribes of animals.
  • Extract from : « Was Man Created? » by Henry A. Mott
  • It is naturally no easy matter to trace the ontogenesis of the herd instinct.
  • Extract from : « Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego » by Sigmund Freud

Synonyms for ontogenesis

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