eugenics: Meaning and Definition of

eu•gen•ics

Pronunciation: (y-jen'iks), [key]
— n. (used with a sing. v.)
  1. the study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population, esp. by such means as discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable undesirable traitsor encouraging reproduction by persons presumed to have inheritable desirable traits
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
eugenicist Eugénie
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