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DYSGENIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dysgenic mean?
• DYSGENIC (adjective)
The adjective DYSGENIC has 1 sense:
1. pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced
Familiarity information: DYSGENIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
cacogenic; dysgenic
Antonym:
eugenic (pertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring produced)
Pertainym:
dysgenics (the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced)
Derivation:
dysgenics (the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced)
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