dysgenic

[ dis-jen-ik ]

adjectivePathology.
  1. pertaining to or causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.

Origin of dysgenic

1
First recorded in 1910–15; dys- + -genic

Words Nearby dysgenic

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How to use dysgenic in a sentence

  • If such were the case, the measures referred to, despite the euthenic considerations, must be classified as dysgenic.

    Applied Eugenics | Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
  • Therefore, in so far as it would encourage men of inferior quality to have or increase families, it is unquestionably dysgenic.

    Applied Eugenics | Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
  • This discrimination of some apartment owners against families with children would therefore appear to be dysgenic in its effect.

    Applied Eugenics | Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
  • A dysgenic feature often found in trades unionism will easily be understood after our discussion of the minimum wage.

    Applied Eugenics | Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
  • dysgenic (bad origin), tending to impair the racial qualities of future generations; the opposite of eugenic.

    Applied Eugenics | Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for dysgenic

dysgenic

/ (dɪsˈdʒɛnɪk) /


adjective
  1. of, relating to, or contributing to a degeneration or deterioration in the fitness and quality of a race or strain

  2. of or relating to dysgenics

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