EUGENICS


Meaning of EUGENICS in English

[ ju:'dʒɛnɪks ]

■ plural noun [treated as sing. ] the science of using controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics in a population.

Derivatives

eugenic adjective

eugenically adverb

eugenicist noun & adjective

eugenist noun & adjective

Origin

C19: from eu- + -gen + -ics .

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