Spermist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Spermist is a noun meaning (historical) One who believed that the complete human being was contained in the sperm rather than the ovum.
Meaning
(historical) One who believed that the complete human being was contained in the sperm rather than the ovum.
Example Sentences
Esa-Pekka Salonen, in his wry program notes for his “Homunculus” (2007) for string quartet, writes that he has long “been fascinated (and amused) by the theory of the arcane spermists, who held the belief that the sperm was in fact a ‘little man’ (homunculus) that was placed inside a woman for growth into a child.”
Word Forms
- spermists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spermatist, spermatism, spermospore, spermophorum, spermatovum, sperm.
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