noun
- the science or practice of improving human physical or mental characteristics through environmental modification or medical intervention after birth
Usage: technical; often used in contrast to eugenics
Examples
- Euphenics focuses on enhancing human traits through education and medicine rather than genetic selection.
- The distinction between eugenics and euphenics is that euphenics works with existing individuals.
- Researchers in euphenics study how nutrition and environment affect human development.
- Euphenics offers an ethical alternative to genetic engineering by improving conditions after birth.