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PRONUNCIATION OF EUGENIC

eugenic  [juːˈdʒenɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EUGENIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Eugenic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EUGENIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Eugenics

Eugenics is the belief and practice of improving the genetic quality of the human population. It is a social philosophy advocating the improvement of human genetic traits through the promotion of higher reproduction of people with desired traits, and reduced reproduction of people with less-desired or undesired traits.

Definition of eugenic in the English dictionary

The definition of eugenic in the dictionary is of or relating to eugenics.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EUGENIC


androgenic
ˌændrəˈdʒenɪk
anorexigenic
ˌænəˌreksɪˈdʒenɪk
autogenic
ˌɔːtəʊˈdʒenɪk
collagenic
ˌkɒləˈdʒenɪk
cosmogenic
ˌkɒzməˈdʒenɪk
cytopathogenic
ˌsaɪtəʊˌpæθəˈdʒenɪk
embryogenic
ˌembrɪəʊˈdʒenɪk
endogenic
ˌendəʊˈdʒenɪk
estrogenic
ˌestrəˈdʒenɪk
goitrogenic
ˌɡɔɪtrəˈdʒenɪk
leukemogenic
luːˌkiːməˈdʒenɪk
metallogenic
mɪˌtæləʊˈdʒenɪk
morphogenic
mɔːfəʊˈdʒenɪk
multigenic
ˌmʌltɪˈdʒenɪk
orogenic
ˌɒrəʊˈdʒenɪk
oxygenic
ˌɒksɪˈdʒenɪk
pythogenic
ˌpaɪθəˈdʒenɪk
spermatogenic
ˌspɜːmətəʊˈdʒenɪk
tumorigenic
ˌtjuːmərɪˈdʒenɪk
ulcerogenic
ˌʌlsərəˈdʒenɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EUGENIC

eudiometrical
eudiometrically
eudiometry
Eudoxus of Cnidus
eugarie
euge
eugenecist
eugenia
eugenical
eugenically
eugenicist
eugenics
eugenism
eugenist
eugenol
eugeosynclinal
eugeosyncline
euglena
euglenoid
euglobulin

WORDS THAT END LIKE EUGENIC

allergenic
anthropogenic
antigenic
atherogenic
carcinogenic
chromogenic
comedogenic
cryogenic
erogenic
genic
hypoallergenic
isogenic
mitogenic
myogenic
osteogenic
pathogenic
photogenic
polygenic
scenic
teratogenic
transgenic

Synonyms and antonyms of eugenic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «eugenic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EUGENIC

Find out the translation of eugenic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of eugenic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «eugenic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

优生
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

eugenésica
570 millions of speakers

English

eugenic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

युजनिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تحسين النسل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

евгенический
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

eugênica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুপ্রজনন-সংক্রান্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

eugénique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Eugenic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

eugenisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

優生学の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

우생학
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Eugenic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự giao hợp hai giống khác nhau
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இனத்தூய்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

युगेनिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

insan ırkını iyileştiren
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eugenetico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

eugeniczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

євгенічний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

eugenice
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ευγονικής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eugenisch
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

eugenic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

eugenisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of eugenic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EUGENIC»

The term «eugenic» is regularly used and occupies the 85.442 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EUGENIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about eugenic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EUGENIC»

Discover the use of eugenic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to eugenic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Eugenic Nation: Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in ...
With this important book, Stern transforms our understanding of eugenics in the US."--Warwick Anderson, author of The Cultivation of Whiteness: Science, Health, and Racial Destiny in Australia
Alexandra Stern, 2005
2
Margaret Sanger's Eugenic Legacy: The Control of Female ...
"This work addresses Sanger's ideas concerning birth control, eugenics, population control, and sterilization against the backdrop of the larger eugenic context"--Provided by publisher.
Angela Franks, 2005
3
Growing a Race: Nellie L. McClung and the Fiction of Eugenic ...
In a critical study of Painted Fires, the Pearlie Watson books, and several short stories, Devereux attempts to understand McClung's fiction in terms of its engagement with a politics of "race" and nation and constructions of specifically ...
Cecily Devereux, 2006
4
Social Inequality, Analytical Egalitarianism and the March ...
This book gathers together several essays by historians of economics who express varying reactions to the Peart-Levy thesis.
Laurence S. Moss, 2009
5
The Archaeology of Race: The Eugenic Ideas of Francis Galton ...
These collections are used to explore anti-Semitism, skull collecting, New Race theory and physiognomy. These collections give insight into the relationship between Galton and Petrie and place their ideas in historical context.
Debbie Challis, 2013
6
Women's Rights?: The Politics of Eugenic Abortion in Modern ...
This book analyses the debates between handicapped people's movement and women's movement in Japan about the issue of selective abortion focusing on the concept of 'right'.
Masae Kato, 2009
7
Eugenic Design: Streamlining America in The 1930s
" In Eugenic Design, Christina Cogdell charts new territory in the history of industrial design, popular science, and American culture in the 1930s by uncovering the links between streamline design and eugenics, the pseudoscientific belief ...
Christina Cogdell, 2010
8
The Eugenic Prospect: National and Racial
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Caleb Williams Saleeby, 2012
9
Flesh machine: cyborgs, designer babies, and new eugenic ...
Having elsewhere explored the dimensions of social and political control in electronic culture, the Critical Arts Ensemble here turns full frontal towards the body, arguing that utopian promises of virtuality are simple distractions from ...
Critical Art Ensemble, 1998
10
The Eugenic Marriage
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
William Grant Hague, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EUGENIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term eugenic is used in the context of the following news items.
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American eugenics movement saw babies' fitness judged at state fairs
Many eugenists, as eugenic advocates were known, believed that the goals of positive eugenics could be achieved voluntarily through ... «Genetic Literacy Project, Jul 15»
2
Congressional bills would exempt eugenics compensation
“Between 1929 and 1976 more than 7,000 people in North Carolina were sterilized in one of the nation's most aggressive eugenic programs," ... «Charlotte Post, Jul 15»
3
Can Christians Still Celebrate Independence Day Now That Same …
In 1927, the Supreme Court upheld eugenic sterilization, in an 8–1 ruling that Nazi defendants would later cite in their own defense. In 1973, of ... «Christian Post, Jul 15»
4
Dune, 50 Years On: How a Science Fiction Novel Changed the World
Witchy and psychically powerful, the sisters have engaged in millennia of eugenic programming, of which Paul may be the culmination. «AlterNet, Jul 15»
5
Warner, Kaine seek benefit protections for eugenic victims in …
A proposed U.S. Senate bill would ensure victims who receive compensation for state-run forced sterilization programs still would be eligible for ... «Lynchburg News and Advance, Jul 15»
6
How the 1942 Case of a One-Footed Chicken Thief Laid the …
Skinner's case was a long shot. As Victoria Nourse describes in her definitive book on the case, a majority of states had passed eugenic laws ... «Slate Magazine, Jun 15»
7
Kind of blue: why Steve Hilton's manifesto is a challenge to the left
His anti-poverty strategy can bend into blaming the poor and at times suggests a eugenic undertow – not surprising, given his behaviourist bent ... «New Statesman, Jun 15»
8
Fox News Forge Anti-Labour Party Screed (1/2)
The racist, Westerncentric “International” Criminal Court, or Court of Eugenic Justice, which exists in order to prosecute (or persecute?) people ... «Glossy News, Jun 15»
9
Statue of Limitations: These Five Monuments Honoring Racists and …
In a 1921 essay entitled “The Eugenic Value of Birth Control Propaganda,” Sanger lamented the “racial chaos into which the world has today ... «New York Observer, Jun 15»
10
Why are First Nations Women 70 Percent More at Risk for a Stillbirth?
Just like the legacy of Indian boarding schools and the adopting out of native children, these twisted eugenic practices were another tool to ... «Care2.com, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Eugenic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/eugenic>. Apr 2024 ».
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