eugenist

Definitions

An advocate or supporter of eugenics.

Examples

“And we have⟳ enough of this kind of tyranny already ... the world does not want⟳ the eugenist to set⟳ it straight....”

“A man who would throw⟳ a bomb at the Russian Czar or at a murderous pogrom-inciting Russian Governor would be considered an assassin, and if caught would be hanged; and in making up the pedigree of such a family, a narrow-minded eugenist would be apt to say⟳ that there was criminality in that family.”

“When it reported in 1908, it took a strongly hereditarian view⟳ of mental deficiency, which was not surprising given that many of its members were paid-up eugenists.”

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