euthenics
a science concerned with bettering the condition of human beings through the improvement of their environment.
Origin of euthenics
1Other words from euthenics
- eu·then·ist [yoo-then-ist, yoo-thuh-nist], /yuˈθɛn ɪst, ˈyu θə nɪst/, noun
Words Nearby euthenics
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How to use euthenics in a sentence
euthenics precedes eugenics, developing better men now, and thus inevitably creating a better race of men in the future.
Euthenics, the science of controllable environment | Ellen H. Richardseuthenics is the term proposed for the preliminary science on which Eugenics must be based.
Euthenics, the science of controllable environment | Ellen H. RichardsIn another hundred years, then, euthenics may give place to Eugenics, and the better race of men become an actuality.
Euthenics, the science of controllable environment | Ellen H. RichardsIn this sense, euthenics and eugenics bear the same relation to human progress as a man's two legs do to his locomotion.
Applied Eugenics | Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill JohnsonThe moment of conception is the point at which eugenics gives place to euthenics.
Applied Eugenics | Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for euthenics
/ (juːˈθɛnɪks) /
(functioning as singular) the study of the control of the environment, esp with a view to improving the health and living standards of the human race
Origin of euthenics
1Derived forms of euthenics
- euthenist, noun
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