EUGENIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring produced

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Antonym:

dysgenic (pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced)

Pertainym:

eugenics (the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating))

Derivation:

eugenics (the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating))

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