cacogenics

Meanings

Noun

the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced
The opposite of eugenics; the aggregation of factors, through adverse sexual selection and reproduction, tending to promote inferior genetic characteristics in people.

Origin / Etymology

From cacogenic.

Synonyms

dysgenics

Antonyms

eugenics

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