eugenist

English

Etymology

From eugen(ic) +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /juːˈdʒɛnɪst/

Noun

eugenist (plural eugenists)

1. An advocate or supporter of eugenics. [from 20th c.]
   • 1916, James Marchant, Alfred Russel Wallace= Letters and Reminiscences Vol 2 (of 2)‎^[1]:

     And we have enough of this kind of tyranny already ... the world does not want the eugenist to set it straight....

   • 1929, William J. Robinson, Woman‎^[2]:

     A man who would throw a bomb at the Russian Czar or at a murderous pogrom-inciting Russian Governor would be considered an assassin, and if caught would be hanged; and in making up the pedigree of such a family, a narrow-minded eugenist would be apt to say that there was criminality in that family.

   • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 293:

     When it reported in 1908, it took a strongly hereditarian view of mental deficiency, which was not surprising given that many of its members were paid-up eugenists.

Synonyms

• eugenicist

Translations

eugenicist — see eugenicist

Romanian

Etymology

From eugenie +‎ -ist.

Adjective

eugenist m or n (feminine singular eugenistă, masculine plural eugeniști, feminine and neuter plural eugeniste)

1. eugenicist

Declension

Declension of eugenist

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	eugenist		eugenistă	eugeniști	eugeniste
	definite	eugenistul		eugenista	eugeniștii	eugenistele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	eugenist		eugeniste	eugeniști	eugeniste
	definite	eugenistului		eugenistei	eugeniștilor	eugenistelor