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Synonyms for procreation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : proh-kree-eyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈproʊ kriˌeɪt |
Définition of procreation
Origin :- late 14c., "process of begetting offspring," from Old French procreacion (14c., Modern French prócreation) and directly from Latin procreationem (nominative procreatio) "a begetting, generation," noun of action from past participle stem of procreare "bring forth" (offspring), "beget, generate, produce," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + creare "create" (see create).
- noun reproduction
- An extremely important question is that of the procreation of children.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- Questions of heredity, procreation and education will be dealt with calmly and freely.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- Procreation is one of the uses of sex-love, but it is not its primary function.
- Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad
- A peculiar aptitude for procreation is sometimes hereditary.
- Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys
- It is difficult to see how savage men could have got any idea of procreation.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- As an enemy to the procreation of children it is an enemy of the family and the family group.
- Extract from : « Sex » by Henry Stanton
- Let this hint serve as to procreation: now let us discuss education.
- Extract from : « Plutarch's Morals » by Plutarch
- The procreation inspector might make an irreparable mistake.
- Extract from : « British Socialism » by J. Ellis Barker
- Procreation, he not desiring it, aspires to higher beauty, iii.
- Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)
- It is, therefore, plain that their origin is not due to procreation or to eggs.
- Extract from : « Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 2 [February 1901] » by Various
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