eugenics
English
/juːˈdʒɛnɪks/
noun
Definitions
- (sociology) A social philosophy or practice which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding, either by encouraging people with good genetic qualities to reproduce (positive eugenics), or discouraging people with bad genetic qualities from reproducing (negative eugenics), or by technological means.
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek ἐΰς (good) + Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (be born, come into being, become, I come into being, be, come into existence, be produced, breeding, take place).
Origin
Ancient Greek
γίγνομαι
Gloss
be born, come into being, become, I come into being, be, come into existence, be produced, breeding, take place
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- genetic English
- neo-eugenics English
- techno-eugenics English
- Θεογένης Ancient Greek
- γένεσις Ancient Greek
- γίγνομαι Ancient Greek
- γενέτας Ancient Greek
- γενέτης Ancient Greek
- γενέτωρ Ancient Greek
- γεννήτωρ Ancient Greek
- γονή Ancient Greek
- γονεύς Ancient Greek
- γόνος Ancient Greek
- προγίγνομαι Ancient Greek
- ἀγενής Ancient Greek
- ἐΰς Ancient Greek
- ἐγγίγνομαι Ancient Greek
- ἐκγίγνομαι Ancient Greek
- ἔγγονος Ancient Greek
- Ἑρμογένης Ancient Greek
- ἠριγένεια Ancient Greek
- Ἰφιγένεια Ancient Greek
- *h₁su- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵíǵnh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- γεγονός Greek (modern)