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contragenics

contragenics is the plural of contragenic.

Meaning of contragenic

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

Questions about contragenics

What is contragenics the plural of?
Contragenics is the plural of contragenic.

Words near contragenics in the dictionary

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

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