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Definition of Cacogenics

1. Noun. The study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.

Definition of Cacogenics

1. Noun. (medicine) The opposite of eugenics; the aggregation of factors, through adverse sexual selection, tending to promote the deterioration of the race. ¹

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Literary usage of Cacogenics

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 (1916)
"... taken an active interest in the problems of eugenics and cacogenics in its district. of Kansas City and not simply the history of the backward children. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
""Eugenics versus cacogenics," by Dr. EE Southard. April 19. "The Hygiene of Pregnancy." (To women only. ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1913)
"The Nam family; a study in cacogenics; with 4 charts and 4 text figures. Cold Spring Harbor, NY, Eugenics Record Office, c. '12. 3+85 p. F. (.Memoir. ..."

4. The Scientific Monthly by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"The question at issue is well illustrated by the extended statistics of cacogenics, of the histories of defective families. Setting aside for a moment cases ..."

5. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1919)
"A study in cacogenics. Arthur H. Estabrook and Charles B. Davenport. Aug. 1912, 4 charts, 4 text figures, 85 pp. quarto. Besides the above, the following ..."

6. Eugenics and Social Welfare Bulletin by New York (State), Board of Social Welfare, Bureau of Analysis and Investigation (1917)
"A lesson in cacogenics. fraternity T, 2 members. A man and a woman, mated, and their child was born somewhere back in the depths of the Ramapo Hills. ..."

7. Books Added, 1911/15-: Five-year Cumulation of the Book Bulletin of the ...by Chicago Public Library by Chicago Public Library (1916)
"... AH and Davenport, С. В. The Nam family; a study in cacogenics. 1912. (Eugenics record office. Memoir no. 2). Eugenics: twelve university lectures, ..."

8. Year books by Plainfield High School (Plainfield, N.J.) (1919)
"A study in cacogenics. Arthur H. Estabrook and Charles B. Davenport. Aug. 1912, 4 charts, 4 text figures, 85 pp. quarto. Besides the above, the following ..."

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