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10 Language-to-English DictionariesEugenicist
/juːˈdʒɛnɪsɪst/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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An advocate or practitioner of eugenics, the belief and practice of improving the genetic quality of the human population through selective breeding and controlled sterilization.
"Early 20th-century policymakers often consulted prominent eugenics researchers and eugenicists to shape immigration and public health policies."
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Relating to or supportive of eugenics and its foundational ideologies.
"The institution faced a reckoning over its historical funding sources and eugenicist practices."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the modern Latin and Greek roots 'eu-' (good, well) and 'genes' (born, birth), coined by Francis Galton in 1883 as 'eugenics'. The suffix '-ist' was added in the late 19th century to denote a practitioner or advocate of this controversial ideology aimed at improving the genetic quality of a human population.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Eugenicist" is said worldwide
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eugéniste
Transliteration: /ø.ʒe.nist/
"Plusieurs scientifiques du début du XXe siècle étaient des eugénistes convaincus."
Eugeniker
Transliteration: /ɔɪ̯ˈɡeːnɪkɐ/
"Die Theorien vieler Eugeniker hatten verheerende historische Konsequenzen."
eugenetista
Transliteration: /eudʒeneˈtista/
"Il movimento eugenetista ha influenzato molte leggi del secolo scorso."
eugenista
Transliteration: /ewxeˈnista/
"El famoso eugenista defendió el control de la natalidad selectiva."
eugenistas
Transliteration: /ew.ʒeˈnis.tɐs/
Script: eugenista
"As ideias do eugenista foram amplamente desacreditadas pela ciência moderna."
सुजननविज्ञानी
Transliteration: sujanan vigyani
"इतिहास में कई सुजननविज्ञानी ने नस्लीय भेदभाव को बढ़ावा दिया।"
优生学家
Transliteration: yōushēngxuéjiā
"这名优生学家主张通过人为干预来改善人口素质。"
우생학자
Transliteration: usaenghakja
"그 우생학자는 열성 유전자의 제거를 주장했습니다."
優生学者
Transliteration: yūseigakusha
"歴史上の多くの優生学者が非倫理的な政策を支持した。"
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