dégénérescence

Definitions of dégénérescence
  1. noun
    passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
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    type of:
    changement, transition
    a qualitative change
  2. noun
    an event that results in destruction
    synonyms: ruine
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    type of:
    démolition
    an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
  3. noun
    the process of becoming dilapidated
    synonyms: ruine
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    type of:
    corruption, décadence, déchéance
    the process of gradually becoming inferior
  4. noun
    the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
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    type of:
    humiliation
    a low or downcast state
  5. noun
    the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
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    antonyms:
    développement, évolution
    a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
    types:
    attention
    the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)
    type of:
    processus
    a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
  6. noun
    destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
    synonyms: destruction, ruine
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    type of:
    destruction, dévastation, ravage
    the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
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