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noun
The aggregation of factors, through adverse sexual selection and reproduction, tending to promote inferior genetic characteristics in humans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: dysgenics
Antonyms: eugenics
noun
the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dysgenics
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: life science, bioscience
History
From cacogenic.
