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eugenic

[yoo-jen-ik] / yuˈdʒɛn ɪk /


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Today’s eugenic thought does deviate from the version that prevailed in the 1920s.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

“I didn't realize the extent to which a number of the past presidents and people who have been very well-respected in terms of their contributions to human genetics… believed in this eugenic ideology,” Tishkoff says.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 24, 2023

I did this with the 1918-19 flu, and with the history of eugenic sterilization in the United States.

From Slate • Sep. 13, 2020

“For those determined to miss the point, I deplore the idea of a eugenic policy,” he wrote.

From Washington Times • Feb. 17, 2020

But Priddy was concerned that his attempts to achieve eugenic sterilizations would still be challenged by state and federal courts.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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