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eugenic

adjective

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Relating to eugenics, the scientifically discredited belief that controlling human reproduction could improve populations.

The history essay critically examines the harmful assumptions behind eugenic policies.
Dictionary practice example.
The novel's eugenic bureaucracy tries to control who may have children, resting on the scientifically discredited belief that such control could improve the population.
From Reading a Disturbing Fictional Society.
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