eugenicist

From eugenic +‎ -ist.

• IPA^(key): /juːˈd͡ʒɛnɪsɪst/

eugenicist (plural eugenicists)

1. A believer in, advocate of, or specialist regarding the principles of eugenics.

   Synonym: eugenist

   • 1936, Lancelot Hogben, Mathematics for the Million:

     I like Scandinavians, skiing, swimming and socialists who realize it is our business to promote social progress by peaceful methods. I dislike football, economists, eugenicists, Fascists, Stalinists, and Scottish conservatives.

   • 2018 October 16, John Blake, “When Americans tried to breed a better race: How a genetic fitness ‘crusade’ marches on”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “What makes a eugenicist is this overwhelming faith that everything in human nature is determined by your genes,” he says.

   • 2019 May 28, Ariane de Vogue, “Why Clarence Thomas wrote over a dozen pages on eugenics”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     Wading through history, he noted that some eugenicists believed that the “distinction between the fit and the unfit could be drawn along racial lines,” and others would define a person as “feeble-minded.”

   • 2025 February 23, Marc Novicoff, “The Loneliness of the Conservative Pronatalist”, in The Atlantic‎^[3]:

     This won't be easy. The pronatalists combine conservative social nudges (get married, start a family) with liberal policy objectives (give parents more money, upzone the suburbs), which makes for tricky politics. At a time of increased abortion restrictions, many liberals find them creepy—busybodies at best and eugenicists at worst.

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