Meanings
comparative more dysgenic · superlative most dysgenic
- biologyOf or relating to, or causing degeneration or deterioration in offspring.
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The study not only showed IQ variance between children the same parents, but because the authors had the IQ scores of various parents, it demonstrated that parents with higher IQs tended to have more kids, ruling out the dysgenic fertility theory as a driver of falling IQ scores and highlighting the role of environmental factors instead.
2018 June 13, Rory Smith, “IQ scores are falling and have been for decades, new study finds”, in CNN
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adjectivepertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced
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Origin
- Ancient Greekδυσ-“bad”
- New Latindys-
- Englishdysgenic
From dys- + -genic, produced from New Latin dys- from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) and γένος (génos, “offspring”).
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dysgenic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dysgenic
“dysgenic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dysgenic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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