eugenicist

plural eugenicists

1. A believer in, advocate of, or specialist regarding the principles of eugenics.

   “What makes a eugenicist is this overwhelming faith that everything in human nature is determined by your genes,” he says.

   2018 October 16, John Blake, “When Americans tried to breed a better race: How a genetic fitness ‘crusade’ marches on”, in CNN

   3 more examples

   I like Scandinavians, skiing, swimming and socialists who realize it is our business to promote social progress by peaceful methods. I dislike football, economists, eugenicists, Fascists, Stalinists, and Scottish conservatives.

   1936, Lancelot Hogben, Mathematics for the Million

   Wading through history, he noted that some eugenicists believed that the “distinction between the fit and the unfit could be drawn along racial lines,” and others would define a person as “feeble-minded.”

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

   This won't be easy. The pronatalists combine conservative social nudges (get married, start a family) with liberal policy objectives (give parents more money, upzone the suburbs), which makes for tricky politics. At a time of increased abortion restrictions, many liberals find them creepy—busybodies at best and eugenicists at worst.

   2025 February 23, Marc Novicoff, “The Loneliness of the Conservative Pronatalist”, in The Atlantic

   Synonyms: eugenist