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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Eugenics, Evolutionary biology, Futurology
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dysgenics  cacogenics  cacogenic  Disgenics  dysgenic
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The study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced WordNet 3.0
English:
biology
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The study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Dysgenics is the decrease in prevalence of traits deemed to be either socially desirable or well adapted to their environment due to selective pressure disfavoring the reproduction of those traits. Wikipedia
The study of factors producing the accumulation and perpetuation of defective genes /traits Wikidata
The opposite of eugenics; the aggregation of factors, through adverse sexual selection and reproduction, tending to promote bad genetic characteristics in people. Wiktionary
IS A
life science
genetics
ANTONYM
eugenics
DERIVATION
dysgenic
DIFFERENT FROM
dysgenesis
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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dysgenics, cacogenics
Wikipedia
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dysgenics
Wikidata
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dysgenics
Wiktionary
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cacogenics
Wikipedia Redirections
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cacogenic, cacogenics, Disgenics, dysgenic, Dysgenics (biology), genetic deterioration
Wikidata Alias
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cacogenics

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