Eugenically

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In terms of, or by means of, eugenics. not-comparable

    "The controversial U.S. Supreme Court case of Buck v. Bell, a 1926 ruling that upheld the rights of states to eugenically sterilize, without consent, those it considered "unfit"."

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"The controversial U.S. Supreme Court case of Buck v. Bell, a 1926 ruling that upheld the rights of states to eugenically sterilize, without consent, those it considered "unfit"."

Etymology

From eugenic + -ally.

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