Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The biological study of the factors producing degeneration in offspring, especially of a particular race or species.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced
Examples
“The term 'dysgenics' was first used by David Starr Jordan in 1915 when he postulated that wars killed off the fitter men while the less fit were left at home.”
“Claims about dysgenics usually quickly degenerate into a big debate about nature vs. nurture.”
“It takes multiple centuries for dysgenics to inflict a significant toll or, on the flip side, traditional eugenics to achieve anything; history is now moving too quickly for that sort of thing to be relevant.”
“The simplest reason to not worry about dysgenics is the imminent arrival of at least limited human germline engineering.”
“I think the main problem is that due to the policies of dysgenics we are seeing abortions by people who could afford to have children if the state extortion rate was lower.”
“Our nobly intended welfare programs may be encouraging dysgenics-retrogressive evolution through disproportionate reproduction of the genetically disadvantage … We fear that 'fatuous beliefs' in the power of welfare money, unaided by eugenic foresight, may contribute to a decline of human quality for all segments of society.”
“The idea of licensing parents, or licensing parenting, is quite new, but the concept of promoting eugenics or discouraging dysgenics have historical roots, as does the idea of producing many children for the good of society-without regard to their genetic quality.”
“In the same year in which Bush invited him to appear before the GOP task force, Shockley had written: "Our nobly intended welfare programs may be encouraging dysgenics -- retrogressive evolution through disproportionate reproduction of the genetically disadvantaged ....”
“In the same year in which Bush invited him to appear before the GOP task force, Shockley had written: "Our nobly intended welfare programs may be encouraging dysgenics -- retrogressive evolution through disproportionate reproduction of the genetically disadvantaged ....”
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Scientific and Philosophical terms
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