dysgenic
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9.9
- adjective
- /dɪsˈdʒɛnɪk/
- Offensive
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[Ofensivo] disgénico
- The debate over dysgenic practices in agriculture raises questions about the long-term health of the crop population.
And the answer is it's very slightly what's called dysgenic.
- And the answer is it's very slightly what's called dysgenic.
Examples
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Some believe that unchecked dysgenic trends could significantly affect the overall genetic health of future generations.
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This is one of the reasons why all methods of birth control, except sterilization, are dysgenic, because the effectiveness with which they are used is related to g.
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It seems like all the dysgenic trash who couldn't make a go of it in Baltimore or NYC moved there and are wallowing in shit while beating each other to death.
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I think the dysgenic effect that Shockley was worried about may become so evident one day that when everything else has been tried and found not to be effective—importantly effective—people will realize that something has to be done at a political and governmental level.
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Many experts argue that certain social policies promote dysgenic outcomes by incentivizing the reproduction of individuals with genetic disorders.
Synonyms
Likely to make the next generation weak or unhealthy
Antonyms
- Offensive
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9.5
Programs that try to change people's or animals' genes to make future people healthier
How Dysgenic
Surface Forms
Morphology
dysgenic = genic (opaque) = dys + gen + ic
The base word is a learned technical form, and the meaning of 'dys-' plus 'genic' is not recoverable for an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Dysgenic joins the Greek part dys- meaning 'bad' and -genic from genos meaning 'birth' or 'origin', the same root as genetic. So, dysgenic describes something that causes a 'bad' change in the genes of a group of people.