noun
- Plural of autogeny; processes or instances of self-generation or spontaneous origin, especially in biological or chemical contexts.
Usage: technical; rare; primarily used in scientific literature
Examples
- Early theories of autogenies attempted to explain how life could arise without external intervention.
- The researcher studied various autogenies in the laboratory to understand abiogenesis.
- Historical discussions of autogenies have largely been superseded by modern evolutionary biology.