spermism

English

Etymology

From sperm +‎ -ism.

Noun

spermism (uncountable)

  1. The belief, held by spermists, that the male sperm holds the whole germ of the future animal.
    • 2001, David M Friedman, A Mind of its Own, Robert Hale 2009, p. 62:
      It is tempting to dismiss spermism as a quaint curiosity in the history of ideas, on a par, say, with believing that the Earth is flat.

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