Definition of "eugenist" [eugenist]

• Variant of eugenicist. (noun)

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• "So a eugenist, meaning to improve the human gene stock, would not even approach Down Syndrome as an eugenic cause."
• "This reads like a warm-up story to prime the audience with something that sounds likely to spring the real story of Hillary receiving an award named after most famous American eugenist, already despised by that audience."
• "At all events, the eugenist propaganda has been welcomed with loud splashes by the daily Press."