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Definition of Eugenics
1. Noun. The study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating).
Definition of Eugenics
1. n. The science of improving stock, whether human or animal.
Definition of Eugenics
1. Noun. (biology) The science of improving stock, whether human or animal. ¹
2. Noun. (philosophy) A social philosophy which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eugenics
1. the science of hereditary improvement [n] : EUGENIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Eugenics
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Eugenics
Literary usage of Eugenics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"eugenics R 10:18-23 Ар 48 Eugenic movement. eugenics R 10:222-3 Ja 49 Eugenic
... eugenics It 9:183-205 О 47 • Need for widespread eugenic reform during ..."
2. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1920)
"The task of eugenics is to prevail upon all of these workers to provide a
description of the natural, physical, mental, and temperamental qualities of each ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Major Leonard Darwin's address before the eugenics education society. Pop. Sei.
... Trend of the science of eugenics. Survey. 32: 38S. Jl. 11, 44. ..."
4. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North (1914)
"The building of a new office building for the eugenics Record ... The eugenics
Record Office was originally established on Oct. 1, 1910, with funds given to ..."
5. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"eugenics The science of eugenics has been denned as "the science of being well
... According to Galton, "eugenics is the study of the agencies under social ..."
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