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eugenics

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • \yü-ˈje-niks\
    • /juːˈdʒen.ɪks/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • \yü-ˈje-niks\

Definitions of eugenics word

  • noun eugenics The science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics. Developed largely by Francis Galton as a method of improving the human race, it fell into disfavor only after the perversion of its doctrines by the Nazis. 1
  • uncountable noun eugenics Eugenics is the study of methods to improve the human race by carefully selecting parents who will produce the strongest children. 0
  • noun eugenics the study of methods of improving the quality of the human race, esp by selective breeding 0
  • noun eugenics the movement devoted to improving the human species through the control of hereditary factors in mating 0
  • noun eugenics (biology) The science of improving stock, whether human or animal. 0
  • noun eugenics (philosophy) A social philosophy which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding. 0
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Parts of speech for Eugenics

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eugenics popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for eugenics

noun eugenics

  • ancestry — Your ancestry is the fact that you are descended from certain people.
  • constitution — The constitution of a country or organization is the system of laws which formally states people's rights and duties.
  • genetics — Biology. the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment.
  • inheritance — something that is or may be inherited; property passing at the owner's death to the heir or those entitled to succeed; legacy.
  • genesiology — (obsolete) The study of generation (reproduction).
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noun eugenics

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