cacogenics

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noun

The aggregation of factors, through adverse sexual selection and reproduction, tending to promote inferior genetic characteristics in humans.

Similar
dysgenics
Opposite
eugenics
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Meanings

nouncacogenics (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineThe aggregation of factors, through adverse sexual selection and reproduction, tending to promote inferior genetic characteristics in humans.

    Synonyms: dysgenics · Antonyms: eugenics

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe aggregation of factors, through adverse sexual selection and reproduction, tending to promote inferior genetic characteristics in humans.

Similar
dysgenics
Opposite
eugenics

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced

Similar
dysgenics
Broader
life sciencebioscience
Also see
dysgenics

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From cacogenic.

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cacogenics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cacogenics

MLA

“cacogenics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cacogenics. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cacogenics,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cacogenics.

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