eugenic
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.: Compare dysgenic.
Origin of eugenic
1- Also eu·gen·i·cal [yoo-jen-i-kuhl] /yuˈdʒɛn ɪ kəl/ .
Other words from eugenic
- eu·gen·i·cal·ly, adverb
- non·eu·gen·ic, adjective
- non·eu·gen·i·cal, adjective
- non·eu·gen·i·cal·ly, adverb
- un·eu·gen·ic, adjective
- un·eu·gen·i·cal, adjective
- un·eu·gen·i·cal·ly, adverb
- See also eugenics.
Words Nearby eugenic
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How to use eugenic in a sentence
While the victims of eugenics were generally poor, that wasn’t always the case.
Britney Spears, Carrie Buck and the awful history of controlling ‘unfit’ women | Gillian Brockell | September 30, 2021 | Washington PostThe state passed a law in July to provide reparations for these women and the several hundred people sterilized during the eugenics era who are still living.
Britney Spears, Carrie Buck and the awful history of controlling ‘unfit’ women | Gillian Brockell | September 30, 2021 | Washington PostLater, eugenics and even ESP were for a time taken seriously by some “modern” scientists.
‘On the Fringe’ explores the thin line between science and pseudoscience | Tom Siegfried | August 30, 2021 | Science NewsShe operated at a time when eugenic arguments were very much in vogue, harnessed by both sides of the birth-control debate.
Mating determined by unconscious psychological motives instead of eugenic considerations.
Taboo and Genetics | Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard
Medicine and surgery—well, there's a huge program of compulsory sterilization, and another one of eugenic marriage-control.
Hunter Patrol | Henry Beam Piper and John J. McGuireWithout love, all the efforts of all the eugenic Societies on earth will accomplish little, however well-meant their efforts.
Sex=The Unknown Quantity | Ali NomadThere was no ideal of sex-equality, and therefore Love was regarded as the least important requisite in eugenic marriage.
Sex=The Unknown Quantity | Ali NomadThere yet remains the eugenic inducement and, I believe, a personal one!
Diane of the Green Van | Leona Dalrymple
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