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

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euthenics

In this sense, euthenics and eugenics bear the same relation to human progress as a man's two legs do to his locomotion.

From Applied Eugenics by Paul Popenoe

It is, however, a phase of euthenics, which deals with the environmental factors that affect the individual life.

From Sex-education A series of lectures concerning knowledge of sex in its relation to human life by Maurice Alpheus Bigelow

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 Paul Popenoe

He must and does appeal to euthenics to secure action.

From Applied Eugenics by Paul Popenoe

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 Paul Popenoe