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eugenics
noun[ U ]
uk /juːˈdʒen.ɪks/ us /juːˈdʒen.ɪks/
the idea that it is possible to improve humans by allowing only particular people to produce children, which most people now do not accept or support because of the idea's connection with racist and Nazi theories and actions: 优生学;人种改良学
Eugenics is a philosophy rather than a science.
There was concern that genetic profiling might lead to a form of eugenics, in which parents are told which children they can bring into the world.
The basis of social Darwinism and eugenics were gradually discredited after the 1940s.
The exhibition explores the influence of eugenics on Nazi policy.
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