"dysgenic" meaning in All languages combined

See dysgenic on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /dɪsˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪk/ Forms: more dysgenic [comparative], most dysgenic [superlative]
enPR: dĭs-jĕnʹĭk Etymology: dys- + -genic, produced from New Latin dys- from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) and γένος (génos, “offspring”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{confix|en|dys|genic}} dys- + -genic, {{der|en|NL.|dys-}} New Latin dys-, {{der|en|grc|δυσ-|t=bad}} Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”), {{m|grc|γένος|t=offspring}} γένος (génos, “offspring”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} dysgenic (comparative more dysgenic, superlative most dysgenic)
  1. (genetics, medicine) of or relating to, or causing degeneration or deterioration in offspring Categories (topical): Genetics, Medicine
    Sense id: en-dysgenic-en-adj-cmFqd7t3 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with dys- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dys-: 49 51 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  2. (genetics, medicine) of or relating to dysgenics Categories (topical): Genetics, Medicine Synonyms: cacogenic
    Sense id: en-dysgenic-en-adj-EPrxWi1d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with dys-, English terms suffixed with -genic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dys-: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -genic: 35 65 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dysgenically, dysgenicity, dysgenics Related terms: dysgenesic, dysgenesis, dysgenetic, dysgenetically, dysgenetics

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for dysgenic meaning in All languages combined (3.5kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dysgenically"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dysgenicity"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dysgenics"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵenh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dys",
        "3": "genic"
      },
      "expansion": "dys- + -genic",
      "name": "confix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "NL.",
        "3": "dys-"
      },
      "expansion": "New Latin dys-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "δυσ-",
        "t": "bad"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "γένος",
        "t": "offspring"
      },
      "expansion": "γένος (génos, “offspring”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "dys- + -genic, produced from New Latin dys- from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) and γένος (génos, “offspring”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more dysgenic",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most dysgenic",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dysgenic (comparative more dysgenic, superlative most dysgenic)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dysgenesic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dysgenesis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dysgenetic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dysgenetically"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dysgenetics"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Genetics",
          "orig": "en:Genetics",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Medicine",
          "orig": "en:Medicine",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with dys-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of or relating to, or causing degeneration or deterioration in offspring"
      ],
      "id": "en-dysgenic-en-adj-cmFqd7t3",
      "links": [
        [
          "genetics",
          "genetics"
        ],
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "degeneration",
          "degeneration"
        ],
        [
          "deterioration",
          "deterioration"
        ],
        [
          "offspring",
          "offspring"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(genetics, medicine) of or relating to, or causing degeneration or deterioration in offspring"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "genetics",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "eugenic"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Genetics",
          "orig": "en:Genetics",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Medicine",
          "orig": "en:Medicine",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with dys-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -genic",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of or relating to dysgenics"
      ],
      "id": "en-dysgenic-en-adj-EPrxWi1d",
      "links": [
        [
          "genetics",
          "genetics"
        ],
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "dysgenics",
          "dysgenics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(genetics, medicine) of or relating to dysgenics"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cacogenic"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "genetics",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪsˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪk/"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "dĭs-jĕnʹĭk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dysgenic"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from New Latin",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-",
    "English terms prefixed with dys-",
    "English terms suffixed with -genic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dysgenically"
    },
    {
      "word": "dysgenicity"
    },
    {
      "word": "dysgenics"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵenh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dys",
        "3": "genic"
      },
      "expansion": "dys- + -genic",
      "name": "confix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "NL.",
        "3": "dys-"
      },
      "expansion": "New Latin dys-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "δυσ-",
        "t": "bad"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "γένος",
        "t": "offspring"
      },
      "expansion": "γένος (génos, “offspring”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "dys- + -genic, produced from New Latin dys- from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) and γένος (génos, “offspring”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more dysgenic",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most dysgenic",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dysgenic (comparative more dysgenic, superlative most dysgenic)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "dysgenesic"
    },
    {
      "word": "dysgenesis"
    },
    {
      "word": "dysgenetic"
    },
    {
      "word": "dysgenetically"
    },
    {
      "word": "dysgenetics"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Genetics",
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of or relating to, or causing degeneration or deterioration in offspring"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "genetics",
          "genetics"
        ],
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "degeneration",
          "degeneration"
        ],
        [
          "deterioration",
          "deterioration"
        ],
        [
          "offspring",
          "offspring"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(genetics, medicine) of or relating to, or causing degeneration or deterioration in offspring"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "genetics",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "eugenic"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "en:Genetics",
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of or relating to dysgenics"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "genetics",
          "genetics"
        ],
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "dysgenics",
          "dysgenics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(genetics, medicine) of or relating to dysgenics"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cacogenic"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "genetics",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪsˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪk/"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "dĭs-jĕnʹĭk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dysgenic"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.