eugenicist
Americannoun
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a specialist in measures intended to produce a perceived improvement in the human species or a human population.
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an advocate of measures intended to produce a perceived improvement in the human species or a human population.
Etymology
Origin of eugenicist
Example Sentences
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I’ve asked the White House and Department of Health and Human Services for comment on the echoes of eugenicist thinking in contemporary government policies but haven’t received replies.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025
The eugenicist impulse has always rejected science, even as it pretends to be "scientific."
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2025
She wrote that environment and education might just overcome almost any disadvantage, which is not really in line with eugenicist thinking.
From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2023
Ford noted that the man recognized as the father of the gifted education movement was a prominent eugenicist.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2021
In 1924, Hermann Werner Siemens, the German eugenicist and Nazi sympathizer, proposed a twin study that advanced Galton’s proposal by meticulously separating identical twins from fraternal twins.*
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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