eugenics

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It amounts to the same thing as eugenics.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

Schottenstein, an Orthodox Jew, was perplexed at the criticism that the campaign smacked of eugenics, the Nazi-embraced theory that selective reproduction can advance the human race.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025

Those ads, which centered around a pun on the phrase “good genes,” were accused of promoting eugenics.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2025

She arrived in the German city in 1927, after a days-long journey by ship, and began pursuing her degree under the mentorship of Fischer, a celebrated professor of anthropology and eugenics.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2025

In the spring of 1904, Galton presented his argument for eugenics at a public lecture at the London School of Economics.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee