| 单词 | eugenic |
| 释义 | eugenic (once / 4592 pages) adj Something eugenic relates to the idea that self-selecting genetic characteristics, like hair or eye color, can improve a race. The Nazis' eugenic plans to create a "master race" marked one of the darkest periods in the twentieth century. The adjective eugenic traces its roots from the Greek word eugenes, meaning "well-born." The field of eugenics aimed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to improve the characteristics of a race by promoting certain qualities in its offspring, which they then would pass on to future generations. But it also tried to prevent people with "unfavorable" qualities from procreating. This philosophy has greatly fallen out of favor since World War II, especially among biologists. WORD FAMILYeugenic: eugenically, eugenics USAGE EXAMPLESLiberals joined his efforts in recent years to compensate Virginians who were forcibly sterilized between 1924 and 1979 under a state eugenics program. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Following the Civil War, false claims about threats to the “white race” influenced the rising eugenics movement, Ross explained. Salon(Dec 29, 2016) Followers of the eugenics campaign believed that people they deemed genetically “unfit” shouldn’t be allowed to reproduce. Los Angeles Times(Dec 26, 2016) adj pertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring produced Ant cacogenic, dysgenic pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced |
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