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eugenical

eugenical adjective: relating to eugenics.

Adjective

eugenical (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Relating to eugenics.
    • Legislative reform campaigns aimed at restricting foreign immigration, mandating state institutionalization of the biologically unfit, and legalizing eugenical involuntary sterilization.2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 71

Origin of eugenical

From eugenic + -al.

Questions about eugenical

What does eugenical mean?
Eugenical means relating to eugenics.
What part of speech is eugenical?
Eugenical is an adjective.

Words near eugenical in the dictionary

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

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