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DYSGENICS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced
Synonyms:
cacogenics; dysgenics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dysgenics" is a kind of...):
bioscience; life science (any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms)
Antonym:
eugenics (the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating))
Derivation:
dysgenic (pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced)
