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Caste System

The society exists as a five-tiered caste system consisting of Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons. Alpha caste members are the ruling elite, with each respective caste becoming progressively less intelligent and smaller in stature.

Decanting Room

The room in which the babies are removed from the bottles

Ectogenesis

Growing something outside of the body rather than inside; in this case growing embryos in bottles rather than in a mother's womb

Hypnopaedia

Sleep learning, which is part of the conditioning process. Huxley pretends that it was discovered that people could learn ethics while sleeping, and it is used extensively to help teach lessons that ensure social stability.

Boskage

A mass of trees or shrubs; a thicket

Asafetida

A gummy resin with an obnoxious odor

Epsilons

The lowest caste of the Utopian society. They are malformed and quite stupid.

Gammas

A low caste in society. They are mostly laborers and menial workers.

Bokanovsky Group

A group of identical twins created by dividing a single egg many times. This process is only used on Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons.

Alpha

The highest caste in society

 

 

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