degeneracy English

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What does degeneracy mean?

degeneracy

— noun the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

— noun (= corruption, depravity, putrefaction) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles the luxury and corruption among the upper classes moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction

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degeneration

deterioration

depravity

degradation

corruption

decadence

retrogression

immorality

debasement

regression

putrefaction

depravation

degenerate

decline

decadency

variety

species

ruin

retrogressive evolution

perversion

injury

impairment

defect

defeat

decay

catagenesis

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