Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)The aggregation of factors, through adverse sexual selection and reproduction, tending to promote inferior genetic characteristics in humans.

More definitions
  • the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced

Origin

From cacogenic.

From cacogenic.

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced:dysgenics

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcacogenic

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