Eugenics Synonyms and Antonyms

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The study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating)
(Noun)
Antonyms:
  1. dysgenics
Synonyms:
(Noun)
  1. genetics
  2. race improvement
  3. selective-breeding
  4. genetic-engineering
  5. genetic counseling
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Words Related to Eugenics

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Eugenics Sentence Examples

  • So he makes no claim to resolve all the problems of a new eugenics.

  • He has consistently opposed human cloning, eugenics, coercive population polices, abortion, destructive experiments on human embryos and euthanasia.

  • But the spirit driving those choices has nothing in common with that which drove the old eugenics.

  • Another distinction usually made is between genetic de-selection (negative eugenics) and genetic enhancement (positive eugenics ).

  • But posing the issue in such a general way also tends to obscure crucial differences between historical eugenics and modern genetics.

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