Eugenics Definition

yo͝o-jĕnĭks
noun
The study or practice of attempting to improve the human gene pool by encouraging the reproduction of people considered to have desirable traits and discouraging or preventing the reproduction of people considered to have undesirable traits.
American Heritage Medicine
The movement devoted to improving the human species through the control of hereditary factors in mating.
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Origin of Eugenics

  • Comes from Ancient Greek meaning "good breeding". Coined in 1883 by an English scientist, Francis Galton, who was cousin of Charles Darwin.

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Eugenics Sentence Examples

  • So he makes no claim to resolve all the problems of a new eugenics.

  • He has consistently opposed human cloning, eugenics, coercive population polices, abortion, destructive experiments on human embryos and euthanasia.

  • But the spirit driving those choices has nothing in common with that which drove the old eugenics.

  • Another distinction usually made is between genetic de-selection (negative eugenics) and genetic enhancement (positive eugenics ).

  • But posing the issue in such a general way also tends to obscure crucial differences between historical eugenics and modern genetics.

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