contragenic

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noun

A person with undesirable genes.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nouncontragenic (plural contragenics)

plural contragenics

  1. NazismhistoricalA person with undesirable genes.

    Plant's attempts to lay bare the specific ideological underpinnings of Nazi persecution of homosexuals — part of a larger war against "contragenics," pursued with its own specific ferocity — must be lauded.

    1986 February 15, Denis M. Sweet, “A Sobering History from Weimar to the Ovens”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 39, page B3
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