Eugenics

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eugenics \Eu*gen"ics\, n.
     The science of improving stock, whether human or animal. --F.
     Galton.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  eugenics
       n : the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by
           selective breeding (especially as applied to human
           mating) [ant: {dysgenics}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "eugenics":
     Altmann theory, DNA, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory,
     Great Leap Forward, Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, Verworn theory,
     Weismann theory, Weismannism, Wiesner theory, advance, advancement,
     allele, allelomorph, amelioration, amendment, ascent, bettering,
     betterment, birth, boost, character, chromatid, chromatin,
     chromosome, determinant, determiner, diathesis, endowment,
     enhancement, enrichment, euthenics, factor, furtherance, gene,
     genesiology, genetic code, genetics, headway, hereditability,
     heredity, heritability, heritage, improvement, inborn capacity,
     inheritability, inheritance, lift, matrocliny, melioration, mend,
     mending, patrocliny, pharmacogenetics, pickup, preferment,
     progress, progression, promotion, recessive character, recovery,
     replication, restoration, revival, rise, upbeat, uplift, upping,
     upswing, uptrend, upward mobility