the study of methods to improve the mental and physical characteristics of the human race by choosing who may become parents
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adjective
NAmE//yuˈdʒɛnɪst//, NAmE//ˈyudʒənɪst//
(also eugenicist NAmE//yuˈdʒɛnəsɪst//
) nounSee eugenics in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: eugenics