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‖ cacogenesis (kækəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs) [mod.L. f. caco- + Gr. γένεσις origin, birth.] Morbid or depraved formation; a monstrosity, a morbid pathological product. Also transf.1880 in Syd. Soc. Lex. 1895 A. H. Keane Ethnology ix. 200 From this ‘kako⁓genesis’ of speech taken in connection with the ‘eugenesis’ ...
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cacogenic, a. (kækəʊˈdʒɛnɪk) [f. caco- after eugenic a.; cf. cacogenesis.] The reverse of eugenic; = dysgenic a. Hence cacoˈgenics n. pl., the breeding of a weak race (opp. eugenics).1917 W. R. Inge in Edin. Rev. Jan. 80 How will it escape the cacogenic effects of family restriction in the better cl...
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