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eugenic
[yoo-jen-ik]
adjective
of or relating to measures intended to produce a perceived improvement in the characteristics of the human species or a human population, especially through reproductive policy.
having inherited characteristics that are seen as favorable for the purpose of producing or reproducing perceived improvements in the human species or a human population.
Other 51Թ Forms
- eugenically adverb
- noneugenic adjective
- noneugenical adjective
- noneugenically adverb
- uneugenic adjective
- uneugenical adjective
- uneugenically adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
What follows is a surreal adventure complete with harrowing eugenics experiments and lynchings, hair’s-breadth escapes and unlikely alliances.
Per the outlet, Elez's posts signaled support for a “eugenic immigration policy” and for repealing the Civil Rights Act in recent weeks.
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.
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