Dictionary

eugenist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /juːˈdʒɛnɪst/ (UK)

Etymology

From eugen(ic) + -ist.

Meanings

1. An advocate or supporter of eugenics.
   • And we have enough of this kind of tyranny already ... the world does not want the eugenist to set it straight.... 1916, James Marchant, Alfred Russel Wallace= Letters and Reminiscences Vol 2 (of 2):
   • When it reported in 1908, it took a strongly hereditarian view of mental deficiency, which was not surprising given that many of its members were paid-up eugenists. 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 293:
   • A man who would throw a bomb at the Russian Czar or at a murderous pogrom-inciting Russian Governor would be considered an assassin, and if caught would be hanged; and in making up the pedigree of such a family, a narrow-minded eugenist would be apt to say that there was criminality in that family. 1929, William J. Robinson, Woman:

Forms

Synonyms

eugenicist

Translations (1)

es eugenista (eugenicist)