palingenesis
noun
rebirth; regeneration.
palingenetic
-
a word derived from
palingenesis.
Example Sentences
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The loftiest and most suggestive of Egyptian palingenetic symbols is unquestionably that of the egg.
From Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution by Fred Rothwell
The gastrula stage was the palingenetic repetition of the ancestral form of all Metazoa, the Gastræa.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Of these four forms we must regard one only as the original palingenetic, and the other three as cenogenetic and derivative.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
The palingenetic phenomena, or embryonic recapitulations, are due to heredity, to the transmission of characters from one generation to another.
From Evolution in Modern Thought by August Weismann
In order to distinguish correctly between palingenetic and cenogenetic phenomena in embryology, and deduce sound conclusions in connection with stem-history, we must especially make a comparative study of the former.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
