euthenics

American  

[yoo-then-iks] / yuˈθɛn ɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. a science concerned with bettering the condition of human beings through the improvement of their environment.

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euthenics British  

/ juːˈθɛnɪks /

noun

1. (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

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Other Word Forms

• euthenist noun

Etymology

Origin of euthenics

1900–05; < Greek euthēn ( eîn ) to be well off, prosper + -ics

Example Sentences

In so far, then, as euthenics is actually providing man with more favorable surroundings,—not with ostensibly more favorable surroundings which, in reality, are unfavorable—there can be no antagonism between it and eugenics.

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul

But this illustration certainly gives no ground for a belief that euthenics is sufficient to prolong one's life beyond the inherited limit.

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul

The moment of conception is the point at which eugenics gives place to euthenics.

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul

He may fancy that the early death of a parent left the child without sufficient care, and that neglect, poverty, or some other factor of euthenics brought about the child's death.

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul

A study of these long-lived families from another point of view will reveal that heredity is the primary factor and that good environment, euthenics, is the secondary one.

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul