Definition of Eugenist

1. Noun. An advocate or supporter of eugenics. (defdate from 20th c.) ¹

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Definition of Eugenist

1. a student of eugenics [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eugenist

eufod
euganoidei
euge
eugenias
eugenic
eugenic acid
eugenical
eugenically
eugenicism
eugenicist
eugenicists
eugenics
eugenin
eugenism
eugenisms
eugenist (current term)
eugenists
eugenite
eugenol
eugenol O-methyltransferase
eugenols
eugeny
eugeosynclinal
eugeosyncline
eugeosynclines
eugeroic
eugeroics
eugetinic
eugeuia
eugeuias

Literary usage of Eugenist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Parenthood and Race Culture: An Outline of Eugenics by Caleb Williams Saleeby (1909)
"Directly he fails to do so he ceases to be a eugenist and becomes the ordinary ... This, indeed, is the Credo of the eugenist : Expecto resurrectionem ..."

2. Eugenics and Other Evils by Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1922)
"There is often something vague and even fantastic about the antecedents of our most established families, which would afford the eugenist admirable scope ..."

3. The Social Direction of Human Evolution: An Outline of the Science of Eugenics by William Erskine Kellicott (1911)
"The eugenist pleads in this work for more sympathetic consideration of the ... It is intensely practical—so very practical, indeed, that the eugenist ..."

4. Introduction to Sociology by Emory Stephen Bogardus (1917)
"In public opinion the eugenist plans to establish new and higher standards ... The eugenist makes clear the point that young people from childhood should be ..."

5. Luther Burbank, His Life and Work: His Life and Work by Henry Smith Williams (1915)
"In a word, the fact that man is essentially an intellectual animal must be borne in mind at all stages of consideration of the problems of the eugenist. ..."

6. Population and Birth-control: A Symposium by Eden Paul, Cedar Paul (1917)
"The socialist maintains the right of every member of the community to the minimum essentials for a decent life. The eugenist makes the same demand because, ..."

7. The Mental Health of the School Child: The Psycho-educational Clinic in by John Edward Wallace Wallin (1914)
"To these questions the eugenist makes affirmative reply. Eugenics The eugenist affirms that human beings, like the lower animals, breed true. ..."

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