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adjectiveof or bringing about improvement in the type of offspring produced. having good inherited characteristics. Origin of eugenic1880–85; <Greek eugen(ḗs) wellborn (see eu-, -gen) + -ic OTHER WORDS FROM eugeniceu·gen·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·eu·gen·ic, adjectivenon·eu·gen·i·cal, adjectivenon·eu·gen·i·cal·ly, adverb un·eu·gen·ic, adjectiveun·eu·gen·i·cal, adjectiveun·eu·gen·i·cal·ly, adverb Words nearby eugenicEufaula, euflavine, eugarie, Eugene, Eugenia, eugenic, eugenicist, eugenics, Eugénie, Eugenius I, Eugenius II Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for eugenicShe operated at a time when eugenic arguments were very much in vogue, harnessed by both sides of the birth-control debate. How Palin Flunks Feminism|Michelle Goldberg|November 26, 2010|DAILY BEAST Of course these illiterate foreign laborers are, from a eugenic point of view, not wholly bad. Applied Eugenics|Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson If it is an inferior stock, this one effect of the abolition of child labor would be eugenic. Applied Eugenics|Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson There are many arguments which may be advanced limiting the eugenic applicability of certain of these diseased conditions. The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.)|W. Grant Hague, M.D.
Does the burden of Eugenic Choice rest heavily upon the shoulders of the individual? The Super Race: An American Problem|Scott Nearing A son will have to assume their support, and thus reduce the number of his own children,—a eugenic result. Applied Eugenics|Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
Words related to eugenicancestral, historical, hereditary, patrimonial, abiogenetic, digenetic, genital, matriclinous, phytogenetic, sporogenous, xenogenetic Medical definitions for eugenic
adj.Of or relating to eugenics. Relating or adapted to the production of good or improved offspring. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |