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n. - The study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating).

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  • None dare call it eugenics, but private eugenics is highly popular with liberals.
  • I am aware the term eugenics didn't have the same negative context pre-WW2 it has obtained post-WW2.
  • And he was the man who coined the term eugenics, wasn't he?
  • Now, it's let's discuss whether eugenics is really bad.
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