homogenous
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /həˈmɒd͡ʒɪnəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /həˈmɑd͡ʒɪnəs/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒdʒɪnəs
Adjective
homogenous (comparative more homogenous, superlative most homogenous)
- (biology) Having the same genetic structure; exhibiting homogeny.
- Synonym: homologous
- 1870 August, St. George Mivart, “On the Use of the Term “Homology.” ”, in The Annals and Magazine of Natural History [Fourth series][1], volume 6, number 32, page 116:
- It is quite possible to have, on the one hand, developmental homogeny between parts which are not ancestrally homogenous, and, on the other, to have ancestral homogeny between parts which are not developmentally homogenous.
- (see usage notes) Alternative form of homogeneous (“having the same composition”).
- 2021, Christian Joppke, Neoliberal Nationalism: Immigration and the Rise of the Populist Right, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 47:
- A term coined by the French New Right intellectual, Alain de Benoist, ethnopluralism stipulates the “equivalency of homogenous peoples in their indigenous territories.”
Usage notes
According to The Oxford Guide to English Usage, homogenous is a frequent error for homogeneous. According to oxforddictionaries.com, homogenous for homogeneous is traditionally seen as an error, but is now frequent and can be regarded as an established variant.[1]
Derived terms
References
- ^ “homogeneous”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022: “From the evidence of the Oxford English Corpus, the spelling homogeneous has become significantly less common since 2000, and around a third of citations for the word now use the form homogenous. This can now be regarded as an established variant.”.