HyperDic: dysgenics

English > 1 sense of the word dysgenics:
NOUNcognitiondysgenics, cacogenicsthe study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced
English > dysgenics: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningThe study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.
Synonymcacogenics
Broaderlife science, bioscienceAny of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms
OppositeeugenicsThe study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating)
Spanishcacogenics, disgenesia
Catalancacogenics, disgenèsia
Adjectivesdysgenicpertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced

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