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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to homogeny; exhibiting homogeny or sameness of nature.

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Examples

  • Carpenter has proposed to remedy its bastardly linguistic character by transforming it into "homogenic;" this, however, might mean not only "toward the same sex," but "of the same kind," and in German already possesses actually that meaning.)

    Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion Havelock Ellis 1899

  • Besides this, Heidegger includes all sciences into a homogenic and homological group, the totality of science, which seems to be, not only a coarse judgment, but also simply a totally blind and incompetent misjudgment.

    Archive 2009-02-01 enowning 2009

  • Besides this, Heidegger includes all sciences into a homogenic and homological group, the totality of science, which seems to be, not only a coarse judgment, but also simply a totally blind and incompetent misjudgment.

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  • So perhaps Blair could explain why we imported this problem into our previously law-abiding homogenic (including long-settled immigrants) society.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • Besides this, Heidegger includes all sciences into a homogenic and homological group, the totality of science, which seems to be, not only a coarse judgment, but also simply a totally blind and incompetent misjudgment.

    Archive 2008-07-01 enowning 2008

  • Besides this, Heidegger includes all sciences into a homogenic and homological group, the totality of science, which seems to be, not only a coarse judgment, but also simply a totally blind and incompetent misjudgment.

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  • I don't have many friends with religious dietary restrictions it's not because I am picky about my friends' religions, but rather because Trondheim is rather religiously homogenic, and the university I went to and now work at is a practically white university with a few occasional exchange students and a few first, second or n-th generation immigrants, and I am not quite sure there are vegetarians among my close friends either.

    Accommodating for your guests. magnio 2007

  • We are all the victims of mental, psychological and cultural violence that turn us to one homogenic group of bereaved or potentially bereaved mothers.

    Gaza, Haifa, Somalia, Colombia, Srebrenica: Nurit Elhanan's "Women" at the Euro Parliament Marian 2006

  • It has a certain homogenic quality plus it suffers from a severe excess of italicisation.

    Carnophallogocentric 2006

  • While on the subject of negative experiments, I wish to say a word on what I call homogenic anaphylaxis.

    Charles Richet - Nobel Lecture 1967

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