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fertility

fertility Fertility is the capacity to produce a relatively large number of offspring through sexual reproduction.

Fertility is the capacity to produce a relatively large number of offspring through sexual reproduction. In this historical usage, it can refer either to the number of fertilized germ cells produced or, more meaningfully for population survival, to the number of offspring that live long enough to become reproductively mature.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Fertility” (Fertility).
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