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Mengelian

Mengelian adjective: reminiscent of the crimes of the Nazi physician Josef Mengele; marked by hideous cruelty and gross unethicality, especially in a medical or scientific context.

Adjective

Mengelian (comparative more Mengelian, superlative most Mengelian)

  1. Reminiscent of the crimes of the Nazi physician Josef Mengele; marked by hideous cruelty and gross unethicality, especially in a medical or scientific context.
    • 'It is an account,' Xiros writes in the introduction, 'of the Mengelian interrogations which aimed at the depths of existence [...]'2013, George Kassimeris, Inside Greek Terrorism, Oxford University Press
    • After their cruel capture and selection, the 12 wild young fillies are forced into a chute to endure a horrific "Mengelian" surgery.2019, August 23. Ginger Fedak, "End the Capture, Torture & Forced Performances of Wild Young Fillies." In Defense of Animals.

Forms of Mengelian

comparativemore Mengelian
superlativemost Mengelian

Origin of Mengelian

From German Mengele + -ian.

Questions about Mengelian

What does Mengelian mean?
Mengelian means reminiscent of the crimes of the Nazi physician Josef Mengele; marked by hideous cruelty and gross unethicality, especially in a medical or scientific context.
What part of speech is Mengelian?
Mengelian is an adjective.

Words near Mengelian in the dictionary

  1. Menfra
  2. menfriends
  3. meng
  4. menged
  5. Mengel
  6. Mengelian
  7. Mengels
  8. Mengen
  9. mengenillid
  10. mengenillids
  11. Menger

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