cacogenic

1. 1.

   pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced

   Synonymsdysgenic

Questions about cacogenic

What does cacogenic mean?

cacogenic means "pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced".

How many syllables are in cacogenic?

cacogenic has 4 syllables and divides as ca-co-ge-nic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for cacogenic?

Close synonyms include dysgenic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cacogenic a common word?

cacogenic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.