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stirpiculture|ˈstɜːpɪˌkʌltjʊə(r)|
[f. L. stirpi- (see stirp, stirps) + cultūra culture n.]
The production of pure races or stocks by careful breeding.
1870J. H. Noyes Sci. Propagation 12 It is one thing to seek in any existing race the best animals we can find to breed from..; and it is another thing to start a distinct family and keep its blood pure by separation from the mass of its race. It is this last method that has produced the Ayrshires, the short-horns, and the Leicesters. It deserves a distinct name, and we will take the liberty to call it stirpiculture. 1883in Ogilvie. 1891Amer. Naturalist Oct. 932 Mrs. Anita Newcomb McGee read a paper entitled ‘An Experiment in Human Stirpiculture’. 1904Galton in Sociological Papers I. 78 Mr. Wells spoke of ‘stirpiculture’ as a term that had been used by others and was preferable to ‘eugenics’. I may be permitted to say that I myself coined that word and deliberately changed it for eugenics.
Hence stirpiˈcultural, a., pertaining to stirpiculture; stirpiˈculturist, one who is interested in stirpiculture.
1891Amer. Naturalist Oct. 932 Of the stirpicultural children only one has since died. 1903A. J. McLaughlin in Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 231 (Cent. Suppl.) The stirpiculturist, noting the poor physique..of some of the immigrants, fears race degeneration. |