eugenicist

noun
/juːˈd͡ʒɛnɪsɪst/

Etymology

From eugenic + -ist.

  1. borrowed from -γενής
  2. borrowed from -gène
  3. formed as eugenic — “eu- + -genic
  4. suffixed as eugenicist — “eugenic + -ist

Definitions

  1. A believer in, advocate of, or specialist regarding the principles of eugenics.

    • I like Scandinavians, skiing, swimming and socialists who realize it is our business to promote social progress by peaceful methods. I dislike football, economists, eugenicists, Fascists, Stalinists, and Scottish conservatives.
    • “What makes a eugenicist is this overwhelming faith that everything in human nature is determined by your genes,” he says.
    • Wading through history, he noted that some eugenicists believed that the “distinction between the fit and the unfit could be drawn along racial lines,” and others would define a person as “feeble-minded.”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA