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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. 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.