eugenicist
noun
eu·gen·i·cist yü-ˈje-nə-sist 
: a student or advocate of eugenics
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The original hair type categorization system was developed in the early 1900s by Eugen Fischer, a Nazi German scientist and ardent eugenicist. 
Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 25 July 2022 Zoé Samudzi notes that under the auspices of colonialism, German scientists such as Eugen Fischer resorted to using color charts and hair textures of mixed-race people in German African colonies to justify antimiscegenation and eugenicist claims. Wired, 14 July 2022 When Woodrow Wilson was elected governor of New Jersey, Katzen-Ellenbogen was hired as the chief eugenicist of his administration. Dan Mclaughlin, National Review, 16 Mar. 2022 Loomis was an idealist, but also a eugenicist; MH, a radical leader who has supposedly renounced materialism, wears expensive jeans and motorcycle boots and owns a lake house. Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021 Deaf and disabled people were, and in some places remain, victims of eugenicist or bigoted policies that have in the past included experimentation and compulsory sterilization. Sara Novic, CNN, 13 Apr. 2021 In January, Boalt Hall at the UC Berkeley School of Law was denamed because of attorney John Henry Boalt’s racist writings, while USC removed the name of Rufus von KleinSmid, a prominent eugenicist, from one of its buildings in June. Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2020 The surgery was urged at birth control clinics throughout the archipelago, including several that were established by U.S. eugenicist Clarence Gamble, an heir to the Procter & Gamble company. Raquel Reichard, refinery29.com, 20 Oct. 2020 Students point to the fact that the SAT was designed by a eugenicist, and that the UT system primarily began testing applicants in the 1950s to counteract desegregation without appearing to discriminate against Black students. Jennifer Zhan, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2020 See More
Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 25 July 2022 Zoé Samudzi notes that under the auspices of colonialism, German scientists such as Eugen Fischer resorted to using color charts and hair textures of mixed-race people in German African colonies to justify antimiscegenation and eugenicist claims. Wired, 14 July 2022 When Woodrow Wilson was elected governor of New Jersey, Katzen-Ellenbogen was hired as the chief eugenicist of his administration. Dan Mclaughlin, National Review, 16 Mar. 2022 Loomis was an idealist, but also a eugenicist; MH, a radical leader who has supposedly renounced materialism, wears expensive jeans and motorcycle boots and owns a lake house. Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021 Deaf and disabled people were, and in some places remain, victims of eugenicist or bigoted policies that have in the past included experimentation and compulsory sterilization. Sara Novic, CNN, 13 Apr. 2021 In January, Boalt Hall at the UC Berkeley School of Law was denamed because of attorney John Henry Boalt’s racist writings, while USC removed the name of Rufus von KleinSmid, a prominent eugenicist, from one of its buildings in June. Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2020 The surgery was urged at birth control clinics throughout the archipelago, including several that were established by U.S. eugenicist Clarence Gamble, an heir to the Procter & Gamble company. Raquel Reichard, refinery29.com, 20 Oct. 2020 Students point to the fact that the SAT was designed by a eugenicist, and that the UT system primarily began testing applicants in the 1950s to counteract desegregation without appearing to discriminate against Black students. Jennifer Zhan, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
circa 1909, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
eugenicist
noun
eu·gen·i·cist -ˈjen-ə-səst
: a student or advocate of eugenics