eugenics, n.pl. (also treated as sing.) the science of improving the (esp. human) population by controlled breeding for desirable inherited characteristics.

Derivative

eugenic adj. eugenically adv. eugenicist n. eugenist n.

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eugenics

Altmann theory, DNA, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory, Great Leap Forward, Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, Verworn theory, Weismann theory, Weismannism, Wiesner theory, advance, advancement, allele, allelomorph, amelioration, amendment, ascent, bettering, betterment, birth, boost, character, chromatid, chromatin, chromosome, determinant, determiner, diathesis, endowment, enhancement, enrichment, euthenics, factor, furtherance, gene, genesiology, genetic code, genetics, headway, hereditability, heredity, heritability, heritage, improvement, inborn capacity, inheritability, inheritance, lift, matrocliny, melioration, mend, mending, patrocliny, pharmacogenetics, pickup, preferment, progress, progression, promotion, recessive character, recovery, replication, restoration, revival, rise, upbeat, uplift, upping, upswing, uptrend, upward mobility

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Improvement

N improvement, amelioration, melioration, betterment, mend, amendment, emendation, mending, advancement, advance, ascent, promotion, preferment, elevation, increase, cultivation, civilization, culture, march of intellect, menticulture, race-culture, eugenics, reform, reformation, revision, radical reform, second thoughts, correction, limoe labor, refinement, elaboration, purification, oxidation, repair, recovery, revise, new edition, reformer, radical, improving, progressive, improved, better, better off, better for, all the better for, better advised, reformatory, emendatory, reparatory, remedial, corrigible, improvable, accultural, on consideration, on reconsideration, on second thoughts, on better advice, ad melius inquirendum, urbent latericiam invenit marmoream reliquit.

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