dysgenics

Questions about dysgenics

What does dysgenics mean?

dysgenics means "the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced".

How many syllables are in dysgenics?

dysgenics has 3 syllables and divides as dys-ge-nics 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 dysgenics?

Close synonyms include cacogenics. 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.

What is the opposite of dysgenics?

The recorded antonyms are eugenics.

Is dysgenics a common word?

dysgenics is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.