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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That war indeed selects but selects unfavorably and in an adverse direction is the conclusion of many, among them Savorgnan in his book "La Guerra e la Populazione," in which he calls war dysgenic.
From The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History by Partridge, G.E.
The subject is complicated, and some authorities, like Collignon in France and Ammon in Germany,—both, it may be well to note, army surgeons,—have sought to smooth down and explain away the dysgenic effects of war.
From Essays in War-Time Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygiene by Ellis, Havelock
These are undoubtedly abnormal conditions, and, taken as a general thing, they are dysgenic factors.
From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by Robinson, William J.
If such were the case, the measures referred to, despite the euthenic considerations, must be classified as dysgenic.
From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul
It is a dysgenic factor but much less important than sadism.
From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by Robinson, William J.
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