Degeneracy
[dɪ'dʒenərəsɪ] or [dɪ'dʒɛnərəsi]
Definition
(noun.) the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities.
Editor: Pedro--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse.
(a.) The state of having become degenerate; decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Deterioration, debasement, abasement, depravation, degeneration, degenerateness, declension, degradation, decline, decrease, falling off, growing worse.[2]. Inferiority, meanness, poorness.
Editor: Stephen
Examples
- You are a mere infant, but you'll go next, Jo, and we'll be left lamenting, said Laurie, shaking his head over the degeneracy of the times. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The habit, too, of seeking some sort of recompense in the discontented boast of being disappointed, is a habit fraught with degeneracy. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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