eugenist
English
Etymology
From eugen(ic) + -ist.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /juːˈdʒɛnɪst/
Noun
eugenist (plural eugenists)
- An advocate or supporter of eugenics. [from 20th c.]
- 1916, James Marchant, Alfred Russel Wallace= Letters and Reminiscences Vol 2 (of 2):
- And we have enough of this kind of tyranny already ... the world does not want the eugenist to set it straight....
- 1929, William J. Robinson, Woman:
- A man who would throw a bomb at the Russian Czar or at a murderous pogrom-inciting Russian Governor would be considered an assassin, and if caught would be hanged; and in making up the pedigree of such a family, a narrow-minded eugenist would be apt to say that there was criminality in that family.
- 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 293:
- When it reported in 1908, it took a strongly hereditarian view of mental deficiency, which was not surprising given that many of its members were paid-up eugenists.
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Synonyms
- eugenicist
Translations
eugenicist — see eugenicist
Romanian
Etymology
From eugenie + -ist.
Adjective
eugenist m or n (feminine singular eugenistă, masculine plural eugeniști, feminine and neuter plural eugeniste)
- eugenicist
Declension
Declension of eugenist
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | eugenist | eugenistă | eugeniști | eugeniste | ||
| definite | eugenistul | eugenista | eugeniștii | eugenistele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | eugenist | eugeniste | eugeniști | eugeniste | ||
| definite | eugenistului | eugenistei | eugeniștilor | eugenistelor | |||