dysgenic
/dɪsˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪk/
dysgenic adjective: of or relating to, or causing degeneration or deterioration in offspring.
Adjective
dysgenic (comparative more dysgenic, superlative most dysgenic)
- Of or relating to, or causing degeneration or deterioration in offspring.
- The study not only showed IQ variance between children the same parents, but because the authors had the IQ scores of various parents, it demonstrated that parents with higher IQs tended to have more kids, ruling out the dysgenic fertility theory as a driver of falling IQ scores and highlighting...2018 June 13, Rory Smith, “IQ scores are falling and have been for decades, new study finds”, in CNN
- Of or relating to dysgenics.
dysgenic meaning in Tamil
dysgenic in Tamil
- வமிச இழிவுக்குரிய
Synonyms of dysgenic
Antonyms
Forms of dysgenic
| comparative | more dysgenic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most dysgenic |
Origin of dysgenic
From dys- + -genic, produced from New Latin dys- from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) and γένος (génos, “offspring”).
Words formed from dysgenic
Words that rhyme with dysgenic
- autogenic
- schizophrenic
- Hellenic
- heterogenic
- photogenic
- allergenic
- angiotenic
- anthropogenic
- biogenic
- cacogenic
- cariogenic
- catagenic
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- eugenic
- hypoallergenic
- mutagenic
- oncogenic
- pathogenic
- phrenic
- pyrogenic
- selenic
- telegenic
- anogenic
- antigenic
- asthenic
- callisthenic
- carcinogenic
- cinegenic
- cryogenic
- cytogenic
- dissociogenic
- dynamogenic
- fennec
- fibroadipogenic
- galenic
- haemogenic
- hallucinogenic
- ketogenic
- lactigenic
- linolenic
- multiantigenic
- neurasthenic
- neuritogenic
- nonleukemogenic
- ontogenic
- paratenic
- prothrombogenic
- spermatogenic
- sthenic
- supramitogenic
- thermogenic
- thiophenic
- thrombogenic
- toxicogenic
- tungstenic
- typhogenic
- zoogenic
Questions about dysgenic
- What does dysgenic mean?
- Dysgenic means of or relating to, or causing degeneration or deterioration in offspring.
- What is dysgenic in Tamil?
- Dysgenic in Tamil is வமிச இழிவுக்குரிய. See Dysgenic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is dysgenic?
- Dysgenic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce dysgenic?
- Dysgenic is pronounced /dɪsˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪk/.
Words near dysgenic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dysgenic (page history and authors); dysgenic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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