Degeneracy synonyms

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degeneration
(Biol.) Deterioration or loss of a function or structure in the course of evolution, as in the vestigial eyes of many cave animals
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decline
A period of decline
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depravity
(Uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
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debasement
The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering, especially in character or quality.
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decay (related)
A gradual deterioration to an inferior state:
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evil (related)
Moral wickedness; depravity; sin
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perversion (related)
A perverting or being perverted
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morality (antonym)
Virtuous conduct:
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purity (antonym)
Cleanness or clearness
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improvement (antonym)
The definition of an improvement is an increase in value, condition or quality.
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development (antonym)
(Uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
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atrophy
A wasting or decrease in size of a body organ, tissue, or part owing to disease, injury, or lack of use:
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declension
(Grammar): A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.
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declination
(Astron.) The angular distance of a celestial body north or south from the celestial equator: it is used with right ascension to find an exact position in the sky
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deterioration
The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
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better (related)
Advantage
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corruption
(Computing) The destruction of data by manipulation of parts of it, either by deliberate or accidental human action or by imperfections in storage or transmission media.
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depravation
Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
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putrefaction
Decomposition of organic matter, especially protein, by microorganisms, resulting in production of foul-smelling matter.
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decadency
Decadence.
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singularity (related)
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circularity (related)
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irrationality (related)
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Degeneracy Sentence Examples

  • To-day their descendants are not more subject to goitre and cretinism than those dwelling around them, and are recognized by tradition and not by features or physical degeneracy.

  • Yet the period was one of widespread suffering and degeneracy.

  • Conversely today's spiritual degeneracy is having negative effects.

  • Oratory is no longer an independent voice appealing to sentiments of Roman dignity, but the weapon of the "informers" (delatores), wielded for their own advancement and the destruction of that class which, even in their degeneracy, retained most sympathy with the national traditions.

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