Spermist

Translation of "spermist" into Russian

Noun

/ˈspɜːmɪst/

/ˈspɜrmɪst/

spermist

spermists pl

спермист

The spermist believed that the sperm contained a miniature human.

Спермист верил, что сперма содержит миниатюрного человека.

Noun

/ˈspɜːmɪst/

/ˈspɜrmɪst/

A person who believes in the preformation theory that the sperm contains a fully formed, miniature human being (homunculus) that grows into a fetus.

In the 17th century, a spermist might argue that the entire future human is contained within the sperm cell.

Adjective

/ˈspɜːmɪst/

/ˈspɜrmɪst/

Relating to spermism or to adherents of the theory that a complete preformed human exists in the sperm cell.

The spermist viewpoint was influential among certain seventeenth-century natural philosophers.