eugenicist
noun/juːˈd͡ʒɛnɪsɪst/
Etymology
From eugenic + -ist.
Definitions
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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