Eugenics and Racism

Eugenics

Eugenics noun - The study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating).
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Synonyms for Eugenics

Racism and eugenics are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Racism" instead a noun "Eugenics".

Nearby Word: eugenic

Racism

Racism noun - The belief that certain races of people are by birth and nature superior to others.
Usage example: Hitler's declaration of his belief in a “master race” was an indication of the inherent racism of the Nazi movement
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Synonyms for Racism

Eugenics and racism are semantically related. You can use "Eugenics" instead a noun "Racism".

Nearby Words: race, racist, racialism

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  • Equal-Opportunity Evil Baron Strucker Lampshaded this at one point by noting that with age, his penchant for racism and eugenics had faded.
  • Appeal to Nature This argument preceded the Nazis by decades: social Darwinists used the argument to justify many horrible things, like "scientific" racism and eugenics.
  • Abbott's 1884 novella Flatland is a scathing dissection of Victorian class structures, of biological racism and eugenics, and of misogyny.
    Source: Satire
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