dysgenic

[ dis-jen-ik ]

adjective

, Pathology.

1. pertaining to or causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.

dysgenic

/ dɪsˈdʒɛnɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or contributing to a degeneration or deterioration in the fitness and quality of a race or strain
2. of or relating to dysgenics

Word History and Origins

Origin of dysgenic¹

First recorded in 1910–15; dys- + -genic

Example Sentences

If such were the case, the measures referred to, despite the euthenic considerations, must be classified as dysgenic.

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Therefore, in so far as it would encourage men of inferior quality to have or increase families, it is unquestionably dysgenic.

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This discrimination of some apartment owners against families with children would therefore appear to be dysgenic in its effect.

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A dysgenic feature often found in trades unionism will easily be understood after our discussion of the minimum wage.

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Dysgenic (bad origin), tending to impair the racial qualities of future generations; the opposite of eugenic.

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