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eugenics
[ yoo-jen-iks ]
noun
- the study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population, especially by such means as discouraging reproduction by people presumed to have inheritable undesirable traits negative eugenics or encouraging reproduction by people presumed to have inheritable desirable traits positive eugenics.
eugenics
/ ˈjuːdʒənɪst; juːˈdʒɛnɪks /
noun
- functioning as singular the study of methods of improving the quality of the human race, esp by selective breeding
eugenics
- The idea that one can improve the human race by careful selection of those who mate and produce offspring.
Notes
Derived Forms
- ˈԾ, adjective
- eugenist, nounadjective
- ˈԾally, adverb
- ˈԾist, noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of eugenics1
Example Sentences
But there may be an even darker edge to this new affection for disease among Republicans: eugenics.
She arrived in the German city in 1927, after a days-long journey by ship, and began pursuing her degree under the mentorship of Fischer, a celebrated professor of anthropology and eugenics.
Quilligan continues to be taught in universities and retold in academic books as a cautionary tale of eugenics and public health gone wrong, its plaintiffs hailed as reproductive-rights heroines.
"The association between eugenics and early U.S. environmentalism isn't as strange as it might seem at a glance."
Some even go the next step, viewing disease favorably as a low-key eugenics experiment, to wipe out those they deem inferior.
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