eugenismo
Portuguese, noun/ew.ʒeˈniz.mu/
eugenismo is spelled E-U-G-E-N-I-S-M-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written Portuguese, the 258,761st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eugenismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “eugenism, eugenicism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ciência que estuda as condições mais propícias à reprodução e melhoramento da raça humana”.
What does eugenismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeugenism, eugenicism
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ciência que estuda as condições mais propícias à reprodução e melhoramento da raça humana
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of eugenismo
- eugenismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce eugenismo?
- Brazil /ew.ʒeˈniz.mu/
- Brazil [eʊ̯.ʒeˈniz.mu]
- /ew.ʒeˈniʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is eugenismo in Portuguese?
eugenismo appears about once in every 91 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).