English
eugenics
Coined by Francis Galton in 1883.
A compound of ἐΰς ‘good’ + γίγνομαι ‘breeding’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to beget’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵíǵn̥h₁eti ‘to engender’
Proto-Hellenic *gígnomai
Ancient Greek γίγνομαι ‘breeding’
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Coined by Francis Galton in 1883.
Today it means
noun A social philosophy or practice which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding, either by encouraging people with superior genetic qualities to reproduce (positive eugenics), or discouraging people with inferior genetic qualities from reproducing (negative eugenics), or by technological means.
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Etymograph / eugenics