dysgenically

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adverb

In a dysgenic manner.

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Meanings

adverbdysgenically (comparative more dysgenically, superlative most dysgenically)

comparative more dysgenically · superlative most dysgenically

  1. In a dysgenic manner.

    Refusing the idea that poor whites of the South were racially degenerate or dysgenically mixed, they argued instead that poor whites were suffering from chronic disease, the effects of which were commonly mistaken for degeneracy.

    2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 96

Origin

From dysgenic + -ally.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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