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1. ((used with a sing. v.)) eugenics
a science concerned with improving a species, esp. the human species, by such means as influencing or encouraging reproduction by persons presumed to have desirable genetic traits.
Etymology: (1880–85)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) eugenics
the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating)
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1. (noun) eugenics
the science of improving stock, whether human or animal
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. eugenics
The attempt to improve the PHENOTYPES of future generations of the human population by fostering the reproduction of those with favorable phenotypes and GENOTYPES and hampering or preventing BREEDING by those with "undesirable" phenotypes and genotypes. The concept is largely discredited. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
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