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Definition of Eugenicist
1. Noun. A believer in, advocate of, or specialist regarding the principles of eugenics. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eugenicist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eugenicist
Literary usage of Eugenicist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Social Hygiene Bulletin by American Social Hygiene Association (1920)
"Section 4- Qualifications of State eugenicist. The state eugenicist shall be a
trained student of human heredity, and shall be skilled in the modern ..."
2. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1920)
"The author's following statement we take exception to, simply because we do not
believe that it is at present practical : "The eugenicist has the task of ..."
3. Heredity and Environment in the Development of Men by Edwin Grant Conklin (1922)
"But granting all these difficulties which confront the eugenicist, there is no
doubt that something may be gained by eliminating merely the worst human ..."
4. The Direction of Human Evolution by Edwin Grant Conklin (1922)
"The most intelligent eugenicist cannot tell us how to get the best results; ...
Similarly the eugenicist, even if he could control human breeding as ..."
5. Testing in American Schools: Asking the Right Questions (1992)
"... xenophobic, and eugenicist ideologies. Although Goddard himself later recanted,2
in one of the more impressive turnarounds in the history of science, ..."
6. A New Guide to the Collections in the Library of the American Philosophical by J. Stephen Catlett (1987)
"British scientist, eugenicist. DXB Letters, 1870-99. 26 items. Gallon was the
founder of the English eugenics movement and the science of biometrics. ..."
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