dysgenic
/dis-jen-ik/US // dɪsˈdʒɛn ɪk //UK // (dɪsˈdʒɛnɪk) //
畸形,畸形的,畸形儿,畸形人
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Pathology.
- : pertaining to or causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.
Examples
If such were the case, the measures referred to, despite the euthenic considerations, must be classified as dysgenic.
Therefore, in so far as it would encourage men of inferior quality to have or increase families, it is unquestionably dysgenic.
This discrimination of some apartment owners against families with children would therefore appear to be dysgenic in its effect.
A dysgenic feature often found in trades unionism will easily be understood after our discussion of the minimum wage.
Dysgenic (bad origin), tending to impair the racial qualities of future generations; the opposite of eugenic.
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