Eugenics

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The science of improving stock, whether human or animal.

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eugenics - the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating) Antonyms: cacogenics, dysgenics - the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced

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