procreation
pronunciation
How to pronounce procreation in British English:
UK [ˌprəʊkrɪ'eɪʃn]
How to pronounce procreation in American English:
US [ˌproʊkrɪ'eɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
Word Origin
- procreation (n.)
- late 14c., "process of begetting offspring," from Old French procreacion (14c., Modern French prócreation) and directly from Latin procreationem (nominative procreatio) "a begetting, generation," noun of action from past participle stem of procreare "bring forth" (offspring), "beget, generate, produce," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + creare "create" (see create).
Example
- 1. The suggestion of dr hatemi and dr mcdermott is that political action is the collective expression of some pretty primal biological motives : those of survival and procreation .
- 2. The compromise position that the church adopted was that sex was proper as long as it was oriented toward its proper function , which , the church held , was procreation within marriage .
- 3. And where tombstones might stand , declaring pious hope for some god 's mercy in the afterlife , their cemetery sports instead a vigorous forest of phallic symbols , signaling an intense interest in the pleasures or utility of procreation .
- 4. This should , in effect , drive down the cost of procreation and , by the logic of the marketplace , increase its appeal .
- 5. So if nasa is looking to avoid any complications that would come with astronaut procreation , dr. joseph suggests sending two separate spacecrafts -- one containing only males and one containing only females -- or sending only married couples to mars .