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Eugenics vs Eugenist - What's the difference?

eugenics | eugenist |

As nouns the difference between eugenics and eugenist

is that eugenics is (biology) the science of improving stock, whether human or animal while eugenist is an advocate or supporter of eugenics.

eugenics

English

(wikipedia eugenics)

Noun

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  • (biology) The science of improving stock, whether human or animal.
  • (philosophy) A social philosophy which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding.

    • Derived terms

    * eugenic * eugenically * eugenicist * stealth eugenics * positive eugenics * negative eugenics * liberal eugenics * new eugenics * consumer eugenics * techno-eugenics

    eugenist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An advocate or supporter of eugenics.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1916, author=James Marchant, title=Alfred Russel Wallace= Letters and Reminiscences Vol 2 (of 2), chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=And we have enough of this kind of tyranny already ... the world does not want the eugenist to set it straight.... }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1929, author=William J. Robinson, title=Woman, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=A man who would throw a bomb at the Russian Czar or at a murderous pogrom-inciting Russian Governor would be considered an assassin, and if caught would be hanged; and in making up the pedigree of such a family, a narrow-minded eugenist would be apt to say that there was criminality in that family. }}
  • *1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 293:
  • *:When it reported in 1908, it took a strongly hereditarian view of mental deficiency, which was not surprising given that many of its members were paid-up eugenists .

    • Synonyms

    *eugenicist