English-French translations for eugenics

• eugénisme
  Or, ce rêve a un nom : c'est l'eugénisme. His dream has a name: eugenics.
  Mais ces manipulations génétiques ne doivent pas virer à l'eugénisme. But genetic engineering for this purpose must not extend into eugenics.
  Elle procède à certaines comparaisons avec l'eugénisme pratiqué durant la première moitié du XXe siècle. They are making comparisons with the eugenics of the first half of the last century.

Definition of eugenics

• A social philosophy or practice which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding, either by encouraging people with good genetic qualities to reproduce , or discouraging people with bad genetic qualities from reproducing , or by technological means

Related words

• eugenic
• eugenicist
• aneugenic