eugenically

By genetic selection

In a manner relating to eugenics—the selective breeding of humans to encourage desirable traits and discourage undesirable ones.

The term appears in historical and scientific contexts discussing policies or practices aimed at genetic "improvement": The population was eugenically managed through forced sterilization programs.

The word carries dark associations with 20th-century atrocities.

breeding

selectively

With careful choosing

offspring · fitness · reproduction · sterilization · pedigree · bloodlines · mating · stock · inheritance · propagation

bioethical

genetically

Pertaining to inherited traits

selection · modification · enhancement · designer · CRISPR · abortion · counseling · disability · testing · IVF

historical

Nazi

German fascist party member

forced · involuntary · coercive · institutionalized · segregation · immigration · restriction · social Darwinism · racial hygiene · Nordic

Opposites
genetic selection method

eugenicallynaturally

without artificial help

organically · randomly · spontaneously · haphazardly · by chance

ethical orientation to reproduction

eugenicallyinclusively

Encompassing all members

indiscriminately · unconditionally

Family

gene, eugenics, eugenic, eugenicist, eugenicists, eugenist

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