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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Yet this eugenic effect is not without a dysgenic after-effect.
From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul
Although romantic love in its present expression may often lead to uncongenial marriages and even involve dysgenic mating, its æsthetic and refining influences are such as to make it desirable in spite of these drawbacks.
From Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family by Knight, Melvin Moses
It is a dysgenic factor but much less important than sadism.
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
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
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