racial hygiene

noun

An approach to eugenics in Nazi ideology which sought to prevent the supposed contamination of races deemed to be superior from miscegenation.

OriginGerman Rassenhygiene →
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Meanings

nounracial hygiene (uncountable)
  1. NazismuncountableAn approach to eugenics in Nazi ideology which sought to prevent the supposed contamination of races deemed to be superior from miscegenation.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
racial purity

Origin

  1. GermanRassenhygiene
  2. Englishracial hygiene

Calque of German Rassenhygiene.

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Chicago

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