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n. - The study of methods of improving human well-being and efficient functioning by improving environmental conditions.

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  • In order to save the human race from mental illness and other social ills, Dr. Kellogg advocated the use of eugenics and euthenics, and he also advocated the use of a...
  • There is no short-cut by way of euthenics, merely.
  • He must and does appeal to euthenics to secure action.
  • If they had had more euthenics, they should have lived longer.
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