racial hygiene
An approach to eugenics in Nazi ideology which sought to prevent the supposed…An approach to eugenics in Nazi ideology which sought to prevent the supposed contamination of races deemed to be superior from miscegenation.
Meaning
1 senses(Nazism, uncountable)An approach to eugenics in Nazi ideology which sought to prevent the supposed contamination of races deemed to be superior from miscegenation.
Origin
Calque of German Rassenhygiene.Calque of German Rassenhygiene.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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