Homunculus
nounid
71799·updated May 18, 2026verified
a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell
polysemous
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- manikin
- plural
- Homunculuses
- possessive
- Homunculus's
- pluralpossessive
- Homunculuses'
Framework definitions
- §1
- a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell
- §2
- a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
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