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eugenic

/juˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪk/

eugenic adjective: of or relating to eugenics.

Adjective

eugenic (comparative more eugenic, superlative most eugenic)

  1. Of or relating to eugenics.
    • In making his point, Thomas dedicated more than a dozen pages on the history of the eugenics movement to explain why “the use of abortion to achieve eugenic goals is not merely hypothetical.”2019 May 28, Ariane de Vogue, “Why Clarence Thomas wrote over a dozen pages on eugenics”, in CNN
    • [Alan] Dershowitz, who as a Harvard Law professor regularly attended lunches [Jeffrey] Epstein hosted for the scientists, told the Times he was “appalled” to learn about Epstein's eugenic ambitions, but their friendship continued.2019 August 7, Marissa Brostoff, Noah Kulwin, “The Right Kind of Continuity”, in Jewish Currents
  2. Relating or adapting to production of strong or effective offspring.
    Antonyms:
    dysgenic

eugenic meaning in Tamil

eugenic in Tamil

நல்லினவிருத்திக்குரிய

Antonyms of eugenic

Forms of eugenic

comparativemore eugenic
superlativemost eugenic

Origin of eugenic

From eu- + -genic.

Words formed from eugenic

Words that rhyme with eugenic

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Questions about eugenic

What does eugenic mean?
Eugenic means of or relating to eugenics.
What is eugenic in Tamil?
Eugenic in Tamil is நல்லினவிருத்திக்குரிய. See Eugenic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is eugenic?
Eugenic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce eugenic?
Eugenic is pronounced /juˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪk/.

Words near eugenic in the dictionary

  1. eugenesis
  2. eugenia
  3. Eugenian
  4. Eugenians
  5. eugenias
  6. eugenic
  7. eugenical
  8. eugenically
  9. eugenicide
  10. eugenicism
  11. eugenicist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eugenic (page history and authors); eugenic (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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