euthenics

American  

[yoo-then-iks] / juˈθɛn 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

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

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

And it is a great misfortune that euthenics so often fails to look beyond the immediate effect, fails to see what may happen next year, or 10 years from now, or in the next generation.

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul

Its only conflict with euthenics appertains to such euthenic measures as impair the adaptability of the race to the better environment they are trying to make.

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