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polytopism
noun
poly·to·pism
Definition of polytopism
-s
: independent origin of a systematic group at more than one place presumably by identical change in scattered individuals of its precursor — compare monotopism
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Origin and Etymology of polytopism
poly- + top- + -ism
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