dysgenic

[ dis-jen-ik ]

/ dɪsˈdʒɛn ɪk /

pertaining to or causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.

Compare eugenic.

Origin of dysgenic

First recorded in 1910–15; dys- + -genic

But a dysgenic factor in an animal is a dysgenic factor, and that is all there is to it.

Woman |William J. Robinson
If such were the case, the measures referred to, despite the euthenic considerations, must be classified as dysgenic.

Applied Eugenics |Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
These are undoubtedly abnormal conditions, and, taken as a general thing, they are dysgenic factors.

Woman |William J. Robinson
Yet this eugenic effect is not without a dysgenic after-effect.

Applied Eugenics |Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson

It is an undesirable trait, but cannot be considered a dysgenic factor.

Woman |William J. Robinson

dysgenic

/ (dɪsˈdʒɛnɪk) /

of, relating to, or contributing to a degeneration or deterioration in the fitness and quality of a race or strain

of or relating to dysgenics

dysgenic

[ dĭs-jĕn′ĭk ]

Relating to or causing the deterioration of hereditary qualities in offspring.