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eugenics

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8 lettersPronunciation /juːˈd͡ʒɛnɪks/Part of speech nounSorted ceeginsuStarts with EEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word
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  1. the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating)

Word origin

Coined by Francis Galton in 1883. From ἐΰς (eǘs, “good”) + γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “breeding”), “well-bred”, “good in stock”. Parallel to Eugene. By surface analysis, eugenic + -s.

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  • In keeping with the goals of the new eugenics movement, McCulloch was claiming to offer scientific evidence of the incorrigibility of poor rural whites.

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