eugenicist

noun

eu·​gen·​i·​cist yü-ˈje-nə-sist 

: a student or advocate of eugenics

Examples of eugenicist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some eugenicists were obsessed with purity, and saw illness as nature’s way of eliminating the unfit. — Sarah Digregorio, Vanity Fair, 16 Jan. 2026

Under this pretense, wearing a MAGA hat in a Google office or entertaining eugenicist ideas about race and intelligence was a way of daring to go where liberals feared to tread. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025

Giant subterranean sandworms measuring 1,500 feet long; a narcotic that fuels interstellar travel and bends a user’s perception of space-time; a mystical cabal of eugenicist witches—the list goes on. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 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

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1909, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

eugenicist

noun

eu·​gen·​i·​cist -ˈjen-ə-səst 

: a student or advocate of eugenics