What does spontaneous generation mean?

spontaneous generation means "a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter".

What is another word for spontaneous generation?

Close synonyms include abiogenesis, autogenesis, autogeny. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spontaneous generation a common word?

spontaneous generation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

spontaneous generation — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter
Synonymsabiogenesis autogenesis autogeny
Broaderorganic phenomenon

Questions about spontaneous generation

What does spontaneous generation mean?: spontaneous generation means "a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter".
What is another word for spontaneous generation?: Close synonyms include abiogenesis, autogenesis, autogeny. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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