Meaning

2 senses
  1. Of or relating to cacogenesis.

  2. (archaic)Tending toward racial deterioration through weak or ineffective sexual selection.

More definitions
  • pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced

Origin

caco- + -genic

caco- + -genic

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Forms

more cacogenic, most cacogenic
Comparativemore cacogenic Lesson
Superlativemost cacogenic Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced:dysgenic

Word family

2 related words

See also

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