procreation
Creating new life
Procreation is the act of producing offspring—reproduction, especially human reproduction.
The word carries a formal or biological tone, often appearing in discussions of sexuality from religious, legal, or scientific perspectives: Some traditions hold that sex is only for procreation.
Unlike casual terms for having children, procreation emphasizes the biological function itself.
Gamete fusion creating zygote
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
- gestationCarrying offspring in womb
- implantationEmbedding into tissue
embryo · zygote · gametes · sperm · egg · chromosomes · DNA · genetics
Reproductive cultivation of organisms
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- birthComing into the world
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
- childbearingGiving birth to young
multiplication · proliferation · begetting · siring · spawning · propagation · generation · fertility
Coming into the world
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- growthIncrease in size
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- generationAge-defined peer group
renewal · continuation · perpetuation · survival · viability · natality · fecundity · replacement
Sexual joining of bodies
- coitusSexual joining of bodies
- intercourseCommunication or sexual connection
- couplingJoint between systems
- conjugationVerb form variation system
consummation · breeding · mate · sexual · intimacy · union · reproduction · instinct
Those who come after
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
genealogy · pedigree · progeny · posterity · heirs · forebears · progenitors · dynasty
Capacity for reproduction
- ritesFormal ceremonial acts
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- marriageFormal union between partners
- childbearingGiving birth to young
motherhood · fatherhood · parenthood · family · pronatalism · contraception · celibacy · abstinence
fertilization
Gamete fusion creating zygote
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
- gestationCarrying offspring in womb
implantation · embryo · zygote · gametes · sperm · egg · chromosomes · DNA · genetics · meiosis
breeding
Reproductive cultivation of organisms
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- birthComing into the world
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
childbearing · multiplication · proliferation · begetting · siring · spawning · propagation · generation · fertility · conceive
birth
Coming into the world
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- growthIncrease in size
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
generation · renewal · continuation · perpetuation · survival · viability · natality · fecundity · replacement · population
copulation
Sexual joining of bodies
- coitusSexual joining of bodies
- intercourseCommunication or sexual connection
- couplingJoint between systems
conjugation · consummation · breeding · mate · sexual · intimacy · union · reproduction · instinct · courtship
descendants
Those who come after
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
bloodline · genealogy · pedigree · progeny · posterity · heirs · forebears · progenitors · dynasty · succession
fertility
Capacity for reproduction
childbearing · motherhood · fatherhood · parenthood · family · pronatalism · contraception · celibacy · abstinence · blessing
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
- rightscivil liberties, constitutional rights, right, rights, human rights
- fertilityfertility, fecundity, infertility, conception, reproduction
- creation wordsproduction, generation, creativity, genesis, inception
- Reproduction Policynatalism, pronatalism, family planning, population control, birth rate
- sexual ethicssexual morality, sexual ethics, chastity, adultery, human sexuality
procreationsterility
Absence of microbes or fertility
infertility · barrenness · childlessness · impotence · infecundity
procreationdeath
Cessation of life
extinction · dying · mortality · killing · annihilation
procreationcontraception
Pregnancy prevention measures
birth control · abstinence · celibacy · sterilization · abortion