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eugenic
[ yoo-jen-ik ]
adjective
- of or relating to measures intended to produce a perceived improvement in the characteristics of the human species or a human population, especially through reproductive policy.
- having inherited characteristics that are seen as favorable for the purpose of producing or reproducing perceived improvements in the human species or a human population. Compare dysgenic.
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Example Sentences
Per the outlet, Elez's posts signaled support for a “eugenic immigration policy” and for repealing the Civil Rights Act in recent weeks.
But there may be an even darker edge to this new affection for disease among Republicans: eugenics.
She arrived in the German city in 1927, after a days-long journey by ship, and began pursuing her degree under the mentorship of Fischer, a celebrated professor of anthropology and eugenics.
Quilligan continues to be taught in universities and retold in academic books as a cautionary tale of eugenics and public health gone wrong, its plaintiffs hailed as reproductive-rights heroines.
"The association between eugenics and early U.S. environmentalism isn't as strange as it might seem at a glance."
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