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eugenics

[yoo-jen-iks] / juˈdʒɛn ɪks /


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If economics can be called the dismal science, I’d argue that eugenics might be called the narcissistic one.

From Slate Mar. 19, 2026

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

Some critics interpreted the ads as a play on eugenics, the discredited belief that humanity could be improved through selective breeding.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2025

Quilligan continues to be taught in universities and retold in academic books as a cautionary tale of eugenics and public health gone wrong, its plaintiffs hailed as reproductive-rights heroines.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 2, 2024

But by the late twenties, as he had witnessed the menacing rise of eugenics in the United States, he had begun to reconsider his enthusiasm.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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