eugenic

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/juˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪk/

adjective

Of or relating to eugenics.

Opposite
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Meanings

adjectiveeugenic (comparative more eugenic, superlative most eugenic)

comparative more eugenic · superlative most eugenic

  1. Of or relating to eugenics.

    In making his point, Thomas dedicated more than a dozen pages on the history of the eugenics movement to explain why “the use of abortion to achieve eugenic goals is not merely hypothetical.”

    2019 May 28, Ariane de Vogue, “Why Clarence Thomas wrote over a dozen pages on eugenics”, in CNN
    1 more example

    [Alan] Dershowitz, who as a Harvard Law professor regularly attended lunches [Jeffrey] Epstein hosted for the scientists, told the Times he was “appalled” to learn about Epstein's eugenic ambitions, but their friendship continued.

    2019 August 7, Marissa Brostoff, Noah Kulwin, “The Right Kind of Continuity”, in Jewish Currents
  2. biologyRelating or adapting to production of strong or effective offspring.

    Antonyms: dysgenic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveRelating or adapting to production of strong or effective offspring.

Opposite

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivepertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring produced

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁wes-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁wésus?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁es-?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁su-
  5. Proto-Hellenic*ehu-
  6. Ancient Greekἐΰς (eǘs)
  7. Ancient Greekεὖ (eû)
  8. Englisheu-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  11. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  12. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  13. Englisheugenic

From eu- + -genic.

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Translations

Catalan eugenèsic
  • eugenèsicof or relating to eugenics
French eugénique
  • eugéniqueof or relating to eugenics
Norwegian Bokmål eugenisk
  • eugeniskof or relating to eugenics
Polish eugeniczny
  • eugenicznyof or relating to eugenics
Spanish eugenésico, eugénico
  • eugenésicoof or relating to eugenics
  • eugénicoof or relating to eugenics
Ukrainian євгені́чний
  • євгені́чний (jevheníčnyj)of or relating to eugenics

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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