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dysgenical

dysgenical is the alternative form of dysgenic.

Meaning of dysgenic

Adjective

dysgenic (comparative more dysgenic, superlative most dysgenic)

  1. 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
  2. Of or relating to dysgenics.
    Synonyms:
    cacogenic
    Antonyms:
    eugenic

Forms of dysgenical

comparativemore dysgenical
superlativemost dysgenical

Questions about dysgenical

What is dysgenical the alternative form of?
Dysgenical is the alternative form of dysgenic.

Words near dysgenical in the dictionary

  1. dysgenesis
  2. dysgenetic
  3. dysgenetically
  4. dysgenetics
  5. dysgenic
  6. dysgenical
  7. dysgenically
  8. dysgenicity
  9. dysgenics
  10. dysgeogenous
  11. dysgerminoma

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dysgenical (page history and authors); dysgenic (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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