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Definition of "eugenicist" [eugenicist]

  • An advocate of or a specialist in eugenics. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "eugenicist" in a sentence
  • "Ingle.1 As a eugenicist, Ingle subsequently also caused a lot of stress, notably by advocating sterilization of African Americans."
  • "Paul Popenoe, the most influential American eugenicist, was a leader in the progressive movement for “social hygiene.”"
  • "Dust and Chill have largely-white casts with a few characters of Southeast Asian/American descent, for various reasons involving my theories about who the crazy-ass Christian apocalyptic eugenicist cultists would be taking into space."
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