eugenic
adjective
of or relating to measures intended to produce a perceived improvement in the characteristics of the human species or a human population, especially through reproductive policy.
eugenically
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a word derived from
eugenic.
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a word derived from
eugenics.
eugenicsnounthe study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population, especially by such means as discouraging reproduction by people presumed to have inheritable undesirable traits negative eugenics or encouraging reproduction by people presumed to have inheritable desirable traits positive eugenics.
Example Sentences
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But the test also takes society right into the brave new world of genetic screening, raising the specter of eugenically minded parents throwing out embryo after embryo in search of the "perfect" child.
From Time Magazine Archive
Others will say we need an international ban lest we find ourselves taking orders from the next Saddam Hussein's eugenically brewed army.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now it is perfectly true that this aversion may have acted eugenically; and so had a certain ultimate confirmation and basis in the laws of procreation.
From Eugenics and Other Evils by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
None of these characters, it will be observed, is of much significance eugenically.
From Applied Eugenics by Paul Popenoe
The following year, Galton again read a paper before the Society, suggesting the award of certificates of quality to the eugenically fit.
From Applied Eugenics by Paul Popenoe
