HyperDic: eugenics

English > 1 sense of the word *eugenics*:
NOUN	cognition	eugenics	the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating)

eugenics > pronunciation
Sounds	yuwjheh'nihks
Rhymes	acoustics ... UNIX: 110 rhymes with ihks...

English > *eugenics*: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	The study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating).
Broader	life science, bioscience	Any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms
Opposite	dysgenics, cacogenics	The study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced
Spanish	eugenesia, eugenismo
Catalan	eugenèsia
Adjectives	eugenic	pertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring produced