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Definition of Dysgenics
1. Noun. The study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.
Generic synonyms: Bioscience, Life Science
Derivative terms: Cacogenic, Dysgenic
Antonyms: Eugenics
Definition of Dysgenics
1. [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dysgenics
Literary usage of Dysgenics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1914)
"dysgenics would relate more properly to the study of defects as such, caco- genics to
... EUGENICS NOT dysgenics. Whatever the names, it is certainly most ..."
2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"Poetry prophecy and the war; Thomas Hardy's Dynasts. J: Freeman. 19th Cent 77:644-7
Mr '15; Same. LIv Age 285:159-62 Ap 17 '15 dysgenics of war. CW Saleeby. ..."
3. The Progress of Eugenics by Caleb Williams Saleeby (1914)
"... who cited the medical terms I had had in mind, and who satisfied Mr. Gallon that "
dysgenics " was the correct opposite to "eugenics. ..."
4. War and the Breed: The Relation of War to the Downfall of Nations by David Starr Jordan (1915)
"The opposite of Eugenics, that is, the promotion of ill-birth, is termed dysgenics.
In like fashion, bad rearing is called ..."
5. L'opinione pubblica nelle relazioni internazionali by Arrigo Cavaglieri (1907)
"Dr. CW Saleeby, in Contemporary Review, April 1915, article "The dysgenics of War."
A detailed refutation of the contention that war benefits the species ..."
6. The Trend of the Race: A Study of Present Tendencies in the Biological by Samuel Jackson Holmes (1921)
"Jordan, DS, on dysgenics of war, 2°6- 209, 221; on infant mortality, 198 Jordan,
HE, 204; on war, 207, 2°8, 221; on fertility of mulattoes, 254, ..."
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