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contragenic

contragenic noun: a person with undesirable genes.

Noun

contragenic (plural contragenics)

  1. (Nazism, historical) A person with undesirable genes.
    • Plant's attempts to lay bare the specific ideological underpinnings of Nazi persecution of homosexuals — part of a larger war against "contragenics," pursued with its own specific ferocity — must be lauded.1986 February 15, Denis M. Sweet, “A Sobering History from Weimar to the Ovens”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 39, page B3

Forms of contragenic

pluralcontragenics

Questions about contragenic

What does contragenic mean?
Contragenic means a person with undesirable genes.
What part of speech is contragenic?
Contragenic is a noun.
What is the plural of contragenic?
The plural of contragenic is contragenics.

Words near contragenic in the dictionary

  1. contrafreeloader
  2. contrafreeloaders
  3. contrafreeloading
  4. contrafreeloads
  5. Contragate
  6. contragenic
  7. contragenics
  8. contragestion
  9. contragestive
  10. contragestives
  11. contragravitic

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