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eugenics

[yoo-jen-iks] / juˈdʒɛn ɪks /


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Schottenstein, an Orthodox Jew, was perplexed at the criticism that the campaign smacked of eugenics, the Nazi-embraced theory that selective reproduction can advance the human race.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 30, 2025

Treating autism as a problem that needs fixing, some claim, is eugenics.

From Slate Sep. 25, 2025

Before digging deeper, let’s examine the history of eugenics thinking.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2025

She arrived in the German city in 1927, after a days-long journey by ship, and began pursuing her degree under the mentorship of Fischer, a celebrated professor of anthropology and eugenics.

From BBC Jan. 18, 2025

As Muller thought about the future of eugenics and the possibility of altering human genomes, he wondered whether Galton and his collaborators had made a fundamental conceptual error.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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