eugenic
adjective
eu·gen·ic yü-ˈje-nik 
1
: relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring
2
: of or relating to eugenics
eugenically
yü-ˈje-ni-k(ə-)lē
adverb 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Representing each individual recommended for eugenic sterilization in California in the early 20th century, these pieces take time to unfold. 
Wired, 22 July 2022 Her research team studies the history of eugenic sterilization in the United States and has collected the records of more than 60,000 survivors in California, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina and Utah. New York Times, 8 June 2022 Payton Gendron, who has pleaded not guilty to all charges, seems to have been inspired by replacement theory, a eugenic conspiracy that suggests that immigrants and people of color are driving white people to extinction. New York Times, 15 June 2022 Do not buy into this eugenic thinking that expects the most vulnerable to be sacrificed. Ahreaume, Longreads, 19 Aug. 2019 Strikingly, Force-wielding talents are narratively explained in Star Wars not merely in spiritual terms but also in ableist and eugenic ones: These supernatural powers are naturalized as biological, hereditary attributes. J. W. Hammond, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2021 And the obvious science showing us that unborn life is life is bringing some of abortion’s eugenic roots out in the open. Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 6 Sep. 2021 Myron’s Diskobolos, the representation of masculinity in its dynamic aspect, was infamously appropriated by Nazis as their eugenic metric for beauty. Autumn Wright, Wired, 16 Jan. 2021 The Supreme Court upheld these laws by an 8-1 vote, in the infamous 1927 case Buck v. Bell, and as many as 70,000 Americans were sterilized for eugenic reasons in the 20th century. Adam Cohen, Star Tribune, 20 Oct. 2020 See More
Wired, 22 July 2022 Her research team studies the history of eugenic sterilization in the United States and has collected the records of more than 60,000 survivors in California, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina and Utah. New York Times, 8 June 2022 Payton Gendron, who has pleaded not guilty to all charges, seems to have been inspired by replacement theory, a eugenic conspiracy that suggests that immigrants and people of color are driving white people to extinction. New York Times, 15 June 2022 Do not buy into this eugenic thinking that expects the most vulnerable to be sacrificed. Ahreaume, Longreads, 19 Aug. 2019 Strikingly, Force-wielding talents are narratively explained in Star Wars not merely in spiritual terms but also in ableist and eugenic ones: These supernatural powers are naturalized as biological, hereditary attributes. J. W. Hammond, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2021 And the obvious science showing us that unborn life is life is bringing some of abortion’s eugenic roots out in the open. Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 6 Sep. 2021 Myron’s Diskobolos, the representation of masculinity in its dynamic aspect, was infamously appropriated by Nazis as their eugenic metric for beauty. Autumn Wright, Wired, 16 Jan. 2021 The Supreme Court upheld these laws by an 8-1 vote, in the infamous 1927 case Buck v. Bell, and as many as 70,000 Americans were sterilized for eugenic reasons in the 20th century. Adam Cohen, Star Tribune, 20 Oct. 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
Greek eugenēs wellborn, from eu- + -genēs born — more at -gen
First Known Use
1883, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
eugenic
adjective
eu·gen·ic yu̇-ˈjen-ik
1
: relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring
2
: of or relating to eugenics