eugenicist

noun

eu·​gen·​i·​cist yü-ˈje-nə-sist How to pronounce eugenicist (audio)
: a student or advocate of eugenics

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Harry Laughlin, a eugenicist based at a research laboratory in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, was one of this movement’s most vocal representatives. Alex Green, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2025 Mussolini’s Motherhood Factories Matthew Wills April 1, 2022 In fascist Italy, childbirth, breastfeeding and motherhood were given a hybrid structure of industrial management and eugenicist biological essentialism. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 3 Mar. 2025 But sterilization wasn’t the only method available to eugenicists. Arthur Caplan, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024 Harry Laughlin, the most prominent American eugenicist of the era, made the biological case for putting eugenic principles into practice. Arthur Caplan, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for eugenicist

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First Known Use

circa 1909, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of eugenicist was circa 1909

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“Eugenicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eugenicist. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.

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eugenicist

noun
eu·​gen·​i·​cist -ˈjen-ə-səst How to pronounce eugenicist (audio)
: a student or advocate of eugenics
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