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degeneracy

DEFINITIONS OF: degeneracy

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n the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

Synonyms:
decadence, decadency, degeneration
Type of:
abasement, abjection, degradation
a low or downcast state

n moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

“moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration”
Synonyms:
corruption, depravation, depravity, putrefaction
Type of:
immorality
the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct
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