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racial hygiene

racial hygiene noun: an approach to eugenics in Nazi ideology which sought to prevent the supposed contamination of races deemed to be superior from miscegenation.

Noun

racial hygiene (uncountable)

  1. (Nazism) An approach to eugenics in Nazi ideology which sought to prevent the supposed contamination of races deemed to be superior from miscegenation.

Origin of racial hygiene

Calque of German Rassenhygiene.

Questions about racial hygiene

What does racial hygiene mean?
Racial hygiene means an approach to eugenics in Nazi ideology which sought to prevent the supposed contamination of races deemed to be superior from miscegenation.
What part of speech is racial hygiene?
Racial hygiene is a noun.

Words near racial hygiene in the dictionary

  1. RACI
  2. racial
  3. racial barrier
  4. racial barriers
  5. racial grievance industry
  6. racial hygiene
  7. racial integration
  8. racial integrations
  9. racial Marxism
  10. racial memories
  11. racial memory

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