euthenics

[ yoo-then-iks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

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

euthenics

/ 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

Derived Forms

• euˈthenist, noun

Other Words From

• eu·then·ist [yoo-, then, -ist, yoo, -th, uh, -nist], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of euthenics¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of euthenics¹

C20: from Greek euthēnein to thrive

Example Sentences

Euthenics precedes eugenics, developing better men now, and thus inevitably creating a better race of men in the future.

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Euthenics is the term proposed for the preliminary science on which Eugenics must be based.

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In another hundred years, then, Euthenics may give place to Eugenics, and the better race of men become an actuality.

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

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

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