English word eugenicide comes from English genocide, English eugenics
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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genocide | English (en) | To commit genocide (against); to eliminate (a group of people) completely. (by extension) The systematic suppression of ideas on the basis of cultural or ethnic origin; culturicide.. The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, political beliefs, social status, or other particularities. |
eugenics | English (en) | (biology) The science of improving stock, whether human or animal.. (sociology, biology) A social philosophy which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding, either by encouraging people with good genetic qualities to reproduce (positive eugenics), or discouraging people with bad genetic qualities from reproducing (negative eugenics), or by [...] |
eugenicide | English (en) | Alternative form of eugenocide. |