autogenetic

adjective

au·​to·​genetic

1

: self-generated

2

: of or relating to autogenesis

3

geology : determined by or developed under strictly local conditions

4

of plankton : originating where found

—opposed to allogenetic

autogenetically

" + ⸗¦⸗⸗(⸗)⸗

adverb

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin autogenesis, after such pairs as English antithesis: antithetic

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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