noun
- a person who advocates for or practices eugenics, the study or practice of improving the genetic quality of a population
Usage: often used in historical or critical contexts; associated with discredited and harmful pseudoscientific theories
Examples
- Early 20th-century eugenicists promoted controversial theories about human heredity.
- The eugenicist movement gained influence in several countries before World War II.
- Historians study how eugenicists justified discriminatory policies.
- Many eugenicists ignored ethical concerns in their research.
- The eugenicist ideology has been thoroughly discredited by modern science.