eugenics |yoōˈjeniks| - plural noun [treated as sing. ]
The science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics. Developed largely by Francis Galton as a method of improving the human race, it fell into disfavor only after the perversion of its doctrines by the Nazis.Ignoring the fact that the above definition is quite biased, let's talk about eugenics.
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