eugenicist

[ yoo-jen-uh-sist ]

/ yuˈdʒɛn ə sɪst /

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noun

a specialist in measures intended to produce a perceived improvement in the human species or a human population.

an advocate of measures intended to produce a perceived improvement in the human species or a human population.

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Also eu·ge·nist

[yoo-juh-nist, yoo-jen-ist]. /ˈyu dʒə nɪst, yuˈdʒɛn ɪst/.

Origin of eugenicist

First recorded in 1905–10; eugenic + -ist

To Mr. Wellcome it peculiarly belonged, and Jellies and the Eugenist might have shaken hands upon it.
Gray youth|Oliver Onions
What is the task of the eugenist; how is he trying to accomplish it, and what are some of the possibilities suggested.
The Meaning of Evolution|Samuel Christian Schmucker
Under such circumstances is it to be wondered at that the eugenist is hoping to raise the strain?
The Meaning of Evolution|Samuel Christian Schmucker
She really comes of quite untainted stock, so the eugenist is satisfied and husband and wife reconciled.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 150, February 2, 1916|Various

The Eugenist points out that heredity is the great determining factor in the lives of men and women.
The Pivot of Civilization|Margaret Sanger