Associations to the word «Eugenics»

Wiktionary

EUGENICS, noun. (biology) The science of improving stock, whether human or animal.
EUGENICS, noun. (philosophy) A social philosophy which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding.

Dictionary definition

EUGENICS, noun. The study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats