Kallikak

Kallikak
/kal"i kak'/, n.
the fictitious name of an actual family that was the focus of a sociological study: one branch of feeble-minded descendants were mostly social degenerates, while another branch with descendants of normal intelligence were mostly successful. Cf. Jukes.
[ < Gk kalli- CALLI- + kak- (see CACO-)]

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