Autogenesis may refer to:
- Abiogenesis, the origination of life from non-living things, as believed by Aristotle and in modern evolutionary theory
 - Orthogenesis, a discredited evolutionary idea that hypothesised a directed teleological form of evolution
 - "Christ the Autogenes" in gnostic texts such as the Secret Book of John
 - Autogeny, the reproductive strategy in insects in which the bodily food reserves of an adult female will support reproduction without feeding, particularly without a blood meal before oviposition
 - The highest stage in the development of complex adaptive systems in Viable System Theory
 - Autogenesis, a proposed kind of thermodynamic synergy that the first living creature may have possessed
 
Autogenous may refer to:
- Autogenous tissue in autotransplantation (tissue transplanted from elsewhere in an individual's own body)
 - Autogenous weld, using no filler metal
 - Autogenous grinding mill, in which ore grinds itself through tumbling impacts
 - Autogenous models for the origins of cellular features, such as membrane-bound organelles or flagella
 - Autogenous pyrometallurgy, in which the feedstock contains enough combustible material to fuel its own heating
 - Autogenous training, a psychological technique for guiding one's own thoughts, feelings, or behaviors
 
Autogenic may refer to:
- Autogenic training, a desensitization-relaxation technique to alleviate stress
 - Autogenic succession, ecological change driven by the organisms present in an environment
 - Autogenic inhibition reflex, by which a muscle under high tension relaxes itself to avoid injury
 
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