eugenics
Meaning of eugenics
noun
A social philosophy or practice which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding, either by encouraging people with good genetic qualities to reproduce (positive eugenics), or discouraging people with bad genetic qualities from reproducing (negative eugenics), or by technological means.
Information about eugenics
- It is a name.
- The singular form of eugenics is: eugenic.
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Hyphenation of eugenics
eu-gen-ics
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- eugenics is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Translation of eugenics
- French: eugénisme
- German: Eugenik
- Spanish: eugenesia
- Italian: eugenetica
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