cacogenic

cacogenic
caco·gen·ic

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  • cacogenic — adjective a) Of or relating to cacogenesis. b) Tending toward racial deterioration through bad sexual selection …   Wiktionary

  • cacogenic — adj. pertaining to the study of the causes of degeneration in offspring (Biology) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cacogenic — adjective pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced • Syn: ↑dysgenic • Ant: ↑eugenic (for: ↑dysgenic) • Pertains to noun: ↑cacogenics, ↑dysgenics …   Useful english dictionary

  • cacogenics — cacogenic, adj. /kak euh jen iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) dysgenics. [1915 20; CACO + (EU)GENICS] * * * …   Universalium

  • dysgenic — adjective pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced • Syn: ↑cacogenic • Ant: ↑eugenic • Pertains to noun: ↑cacogenics (for: ↑cacogenic), ↑dysgenic …   Useful english dictionary

  • cacogenics — noun the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced • Syn: ↑dysgenics • Ant: ↑eugenics (for: ↑dysgenics) • Derivationally related forms: ↑cacogenic, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • dysgenic — adj. of or pertaining to dysgenics. Syn: cacogenic. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Nicole Hahn Rafter — (English pronunciation: ni kohl h ah n raf ter) is a feminist criminology professor at Northeastern University.[1] She received her Bachelor of Arts from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania.[2] She then went to achieve her Masters in Teachers from …   Wikipedia

  • deformed — Synonyms and related words: abnormal, awry, bandy, bandy legged, baroque, bent, bizarre, blemished, bloated, bowlegged, cacogenic, checked, cicatrized, club footed, contorted, cracked, crazed, crippled, crooked, defaced, defective, disfigured,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • grotesque — Synonyms and related words: Gothic, aberrant, abnormal, absurd, anomalous, antic, art object, bandy, bandy legged, baroque, beyond belief, bizarre, blemished, bloated, bowlegged, brain born, brainchild, bric a brac, cacogenic, classic, club… …   Moby Thesaurus

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