Etymology

racial hygiene

Today it means: An approach to eugenics in Nazi ideology which sought to prevent the supposed contamination of races deemed to be superior from miscegenation. Full definition →

German Rassenhygiene
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  1. German · calque ofRassenhygiene
  2. English todayracial hygiene

Calque of German Rassenhygiene.

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