Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eugenist

/juːˈdʒɛnɪst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eu-genist
IPA: /juːˈdʒɛnɪst/

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An advocate or supporter of eugenics.

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From eugen(ic) + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: eugenic

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /juːˈdʒɛnɪst/

Inflected Forms

eugenists (plural)

Synonyms

eugenicist

Questions

How do you pronounce eugenist?: The recorded pronunciation is /juːˈdʒɛnɪst/.
What does eugenist mean?: An advocate or supporter of eugenics.
Where does eugenist come from?: From eugen(ic) + -ist.

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