'Eugenics' definitions:
Definition of 'eugenics'
From: WordNet
noun
The study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating) [ant: cacogenics, dysgenics]
Definition of 'Eugenics'
From: GCIDE
- Eugenics \Eu*gen"ics\, n. The science of improving stock, whether human or animal. --F. Galton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'eugenics'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance,
- advancement,
- allele,
- allelomorph,
- Altmann theory,
- amelioration,
- amendment,
- ascent,
- bettering,
- betterment,
- birth,
- boost,
- character,
- chromatid,
- chromatin,
- chromosome,
- De Vries theory,
- determinant,
- determiner,
- diathesis,
- DNA,
- endowment,
- enhancement,
- enrichment,
- euthenics,
- factor,
- furtherance,
- Galtonian theory,
- gene,
- genesiology,
- genetic code,
- genetics,
- Great Leap Forward,
- headway,
- hereditability,
- heredity,
- heritability,
- heritage,
- improvement,
- inborn capacity,
- inheritability,
- inheritance,
- lift,
- matrocliny,
- melioration,
- mend,
- Mendelianism,
- Mendelism,
- mending,
- patrocliny,
- pharmacogenetics,
- pickup,
- preferment,
- progress,
- progression,
- promotion,
- recessive character,
- recovery,
- replication,
- restoration,
- revival,
- rise,
- RNA,
- upbeat,
- uplift,
- upping,
- upswing,
- uptrend,
- upward mobility,
- Verworn theory,
- Weismann theory,
- Weismannism,
- Wiesner theory
Words containing 'Eugenics'
- Eugene,
- Eugene, OR,
- Eugenic,
- eugene delacroix,
- eugene ionesco,
- eugene ormandy,
- eugene sue,
- eugene wigner,
- eugenic acid,
- augustin eugene scribe,
- eugene curran kelly,
- eugene luther vidal,
- eugene o'neill,
- eugene paul wigner,
- eugene v. debs,
- eugene victor debs,
- prince eugene of savoy,
- eugene gladstone o'neill,
- ferdinand victor eugene delacroix,
- georges eugene benjamin clemenceau,
- louis eugene felix neel