EUGENICS

Meaning of EUGENICS in English

Literally, meaning normal genes, eugenics aims to improve the genetic constitution of the human species by selective breeding. The use of Albert Einstein's sperm to conceive a child (by artificial insemination) would represent an attempt at positive eugenics. The Nazis notoriously engaged in negative eugenics by genocide.

English dictionary of medicine. Английский словарь медицины. 2012

EUGENICS — noun plural but singular in construction Date: 1883 a science that deals with the improvement (as by control of human …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EUGENICS — Study of human improvement by genetic means. The first thorough exposition of eugenics was made by Hereditary Genius (1869) proposed …
Английский словарь Британика
EUGENICS — yüˈjeniks, -nēks noun plural but usually singular in construction 1. : a science that deals with the improvement of hereditary …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EUGENICS — (n.) The science of improving stock, whether human or animal.
Английский словарь Webster
EUGENICS — ( n. ) The science of improving stock, whether human or animal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EUGENICS — /yooh jen"iks/ , n. ( used with a sing. v. ) the study of or belief in the possibility of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EUGENICS — n. study of the possibility of racial improvement through selective breeding and other methods
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EUGENICS — noun plural but singular in construction Date: 1883 : a science that deals with the improvement (as by control of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EUGENICS — noun the science of improving stock, whether human or animal.
Webster English vocab
EUGENICS — [ ju:'dʒɛnɪks ] ■ plural noun [treated as sing. ] the science of using controlled breeding to increase the occurrence …
Concise Oxford English vocab
EUGENICS — [eu.gen.ics] n pl but sing or pl in constr (1883): a science that deals with the improvement (as by control …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EUGENICS — the study of human improvement by genetic means. Proposals for ameliorating undesirable qualities of the human race date from ancient …
Britannica English vocabulary
EUGENICS — / juːˈdʒenɪks; NAmE / noun [ U ] the study of methods to improve the mental and physical characteristics of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EUGENICS — eu ‧ gen ‧ ics /juːˈdʒenɪks/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: Greek ; Origin: eugenes 'well …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EUGENICS — n.pl. (also treated as sing.) the science of improving the (esp. human) population by controlled breeding for desirable inherited characteristics. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EUGENICS — n.pl. (also treated as sing.) the science of improving the (esp. human) population by controlled breeding for desirable inherited characteristics. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EUGENICS — n.pl. (also treated as sing.) the science of improving the (esp. human) population by controlled breeding for desirable inherited characteristics. …
Oxford English vocab
EUGENICS — Eugenics is the study of methods to improve the human race by carefully selecting parents who will produce the strongest …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EUGENICS — Eugenics is the study of methods to improve the human race by carefully selecting parents who will produce the strongest …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
EUGENICS — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ After the Second World War, eugenics was superseded by genetics and micro-biology. ▪ By the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EUGENICS — [noun] [U] [specialized] - the study of methods of improving humans by allowing only carefully chosen people to reproduceEugenics was …
Cambridge English vocab
EUGENICS — n. Study of human improvement by genetic means. The first thorough exposition of eugenics was made by Francis Galton , …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
EUGENICS — Synonyms and related words : Altmann theory, DNA, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory, Great Leap Forward, Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, Verworn …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EUGENICS — сущ. евгеника евгеника eugenics евгеника
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EUGENICS — Евгеника
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
EUGENICS — eugenics.ogg ju:ʹdʒenıks n евгеника
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EUGENICS — евгеника
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
EUGENICS — (n) евгеника
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
EUGENICS — n евгеника
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
EUGENICS — сущ. евгеника евгеника eugenics евгеника
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
EUGENICS — n. Pronunciation: yü- ' je-niks Function: noun plural but singular in construction Date: 1883 : a science that deals with …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
EUGENICS — n евгеника
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
EUGENICS — n. евгеника
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
EUGENICS — n. евгеника
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
EUGENICS — сущ. ; биол. евгеника
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
EUGENICS — сущ.; биол. евгеника
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
EUGENICS — евгеника
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
EUGENICS — евгеника
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
EUGENICS — _n. _pl. as _sg. евгеника
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
EUGENICS — n. pl. as sg. евгеника
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
EUGENICS — _n. _pl. (_употр. как sing) евгеника
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
EUGENICS — сущ. 1) евгеника; учение о наследственности этносов; изучение наследственных признаков социальной или этнической группы; 2) манипуляции, связанные с совершенствованием генетической …
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
EUGENICS — евгеника
Англо-Русский словарь

English Dictionary of Medicine

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