Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

racial hygiene

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: racial hy-giene
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An approach to eugenics in Nazi ideology which sought to prevent the supposed contamination of races deemed to be superior from miscegenation.

Uncountable

Etymology

Calque of German Rassenhygiene.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does racial hygiene mean?: An approach to eugenics in Nazi ideology which sought to prevent the supposed contamination of races deemed to be superior from miscegenation.
Where does racial hygiene come from?: Calque of German Rassenhygiene.

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