Kal|li|kak

Kal|li|kak
Kal|li|kak «KAL uh kak», noun.
the fictitious name of an actual family that was the subject of a famous sociological study, having one branch that showed a high incidence of feeble-mindedness, poverty, disease, and crime, and another that was largely normal and often successful.
[coined < Greek kállos beauty + kákos bad]

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