dysgenic
pertaining to or causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.
Origin of dysgenic
1- Compare eugenic.
Words Nearby dysgenic
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How to use dysgenic in a sentence
If such were the case, the measures referred to, despite the euthenic considerations, must be classified as dysgenic.
Applied Eugenics | Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill JohnsonTherefore, in so far as it would encourage men of inferior quality to have or increase families, it is unquestionably dysgenic.
Applied Eugenics | Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill JohnsonThis discrimination of some apartment owners against families with children would therefore appear to be dysgenic in its effect.
Applied Eugenics | Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill JohnsonA dysgenic feature often found in trades unionism will easily be understood after our discussion of the minimum wage.
Applied Eugenics | Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnsondysgenic (bad origin), tending to impair the racial qualities of future generations; the opposite of eugenic.
Applied Eugenics | Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for dysgenic
/ (dɪsˈdʒɛnɪk) /
of, relating to, or contributing to a degeneration or deterioration in the fitness and quality of a race or strain
of or relating to dysgenics
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