mengelian

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17
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9

Definition of mengelian

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Reminiscent of the crimes of the Nazi physician Josef Mengele; marked by hideous cruelty and gross unethicality, especially in a medical or scientific context.
    “'It is an account,' Xiros writes in the introduction, 'of the Mengelian interrogations which aimed at the depths of existence [...]'”
    “2019, August 23. Ginger Fedak, "End the Capture, Torture & Forced Performances of Wild Young Fillies." In Defense of Animals. After their cruel capture and selection, the 12 wild young fillies are forced into a chute to endure a horrific "Mengelian" surgery.”

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Etymology

From Mengele + -ian.

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