eugenicist

noun

eu·​gen·​i·​cist yü-ˈje-nə-sist How to pronounce eugenicist (audio)
: a student or advocate of eugenics

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The second season of Fallout introduced new factions — Caesar's Legion, the Great Khans — while shedding more light on the eugenicist goals of the Vault-Tec Corporation. Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026 Shockley also was a vocal and notorious scientific racist and eugenicist, his views amplified by the early venture capitalists at Richard Draper’s Pioneer Fund. David Bloom, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026 Some eugenicists were obsessed with purity, and saw illness as nature’s way of eliminating the unfit. Sarah Digregorio, Vanity Fair, 16 Jan. 2026 In contrast to the more orthodox and unified neoliberals of Big Tech, this grouping contains a multitude of competing radical ideologies and ideas—from libertarian network state utopias to techno-monarchist visions to openly eugenicist views. Nick Srnicek, Wired News, 14 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for eugenicist

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First Known Use

circa 1909, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of eugenicist was circa 1909

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“Eugenicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eugenicist. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.

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eugenicist

noun
eu·​gen·​i·​cist -ˈjen-ə-səst How to pronounce eugenicist (audio)
: a student or advocate of eugenics
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