eugenics
noun[U]
uk/juːˈdʒen.ɪks/us/juːˈdʒen.ɪks/theideathat it ispossibletoimprovehumansbyallowingonlyparticularpeopletoproducechildren, which mostpeoplenow do notacceptorsupportbecause of the idea'sconnectionwithracistandNazitheoriesandactions:
Eugenics is aphilosophyratherthan ascience.
There wasconcernthatgeneticprofilingmightleadto aformof eugenics, in whichparentsare told whichchildrenthey canbringinto theworld.
- ThebasisofsocialDarwinism and eugenics weregraduallydiscreditedafter the 1940s.
- Theexhibitionexplorestheinfluenceof eugenics onNazipolicy.