Who coined the term eugenics in 1883?

The term eugenics was coined in 1883 by the British explorer and natural scientist Francis Galton.31

Influenced by his cousin Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection, Galton used the term to describe scientific efforts aimed at improving the human species by increasing the proportion of individuals with favorable genetic traits through selective mating. While Galton’s work was foundational to the movement, the field of eugenics was later heavily criticized and ultimately discredited as a science, particularly after its association with the atrocities committed by the Nazis during the 1930s and 1940s.23