different between axiogenesis vs abiogenesis

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æks???d???n?s?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æksio??d???n?s?s/

Etymology 1

Representing a hypothetical Ancient Greek etymon of the form *??????????? (*axiogénesis, “generation according to value”), coined from the extant roots ???? (axía, “worth, value, also estimate of [a thing’s] worth”) +? ??????? (génesis, “production, generation, coming into being, creation, formation, origination”).

Noun

axiogenesis (uncountable)

1. (philosophy) A form of metaphysical optimism in which the state of affairs actually obtains which is the one most favourable (of all possible states of affairs) to the development of intelligence and the interests of intelligent beings.
2. (cosmogony) A mechanism in which the cosmological excess of baryons over antibaryons is generated from the rotation of the QCD axion.

Derived terms

• axiogenetic
• axiogenetically
• axiogenic

Translations

See also

• optimalism

Etymology 2

Noun

axiogenesis (uncountable)

1. (biology) Alternative form of axogenesis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?- (a-, “not-”, the alpha privative) + ????? (bíos, “life”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *g?eyh?- (“to live”)) + ??????? (génesis, “origin, source; manner of birth; creation”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?énh?tis (“birth; production”)); equivalent to a- +? biogenesis. The words biogenesis and abiogenesis were both coined by English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895) in 1870 (see the quotation).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?e?ba????d??n?s?s/, /-?ba??-/, /-?bi??-/, /-?bi?o?-/, /-n?-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?e??baio??d??n?s?s/
• Hyphenation: abi?o?ge?ne?sis

Noun

abiogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural abiogeneses)

1. (evolutionary theory) The origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents. [from 1870]

Synonyms

• abiogeny
• biopoiesis

Antonyms

• biogenesis
• transformism

Derived terms

• abiogenesist
• abiogenetic
• abiogenetically
• abiogeny

Translations

See also

• allopoiesis
• autopoiesis
• biopoesis
• spontaneous generation

References

• Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002) , “abiogenesis”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 4

Further reading

• abiogenesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia