Meaning

2 senses
  1. Of or relating to, or causing degeneration or deterioration in offspring.

    pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced

  2. Of or relating to dysgenics.

Origin

From dys- + -genic, produced from New Latin dys- from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) and

From dys- + -genic, produced from New Latin dys- from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) and γένος (génos, “offspring”).

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Forms

more dysgenic, most dysgenic
Comparativemore dysgenic Lesson
Superlativemost dysgenic Lesson

regular

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

See also

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