dysgenic
Americanadjective
adjective
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of, relating to, or contributing to a degeneration or deterioration in the fitness and quality of a race or strain
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of or relating to dysgenics
Etymology
Origin of dysgenic
Example Sentences
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If such were the case, the measures referred to, despite the euthenic considerations, must be classified as dysgenic.
From Applied Eugenics by Paul Popenoe
This is not alcoholism, and cannot be considered a dysgenic factor.
From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by William J. Robinson
All wars are partly eugenic and partly dysgenic; some are mainly the one, some are mainly the other.
From Applied Eugenics by Paul Popenoe
It is a dysgenic factor but much less important than sadism.
From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by William J. Robinson
It is evident that in the working of old taboos as they have been preserved in our social institutions there are certain dysgenic influences which may well be briefly enumerated.
From Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family by Melvin Moses Knight
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