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Meaning of 'degeneracy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Degeneracy [ a.]
- The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse.
- The state of having become degenerate; decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness.

Meaning of 'degeneracy' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . degeneracy [ n]
Meaning (1):
- moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
Example in sentence:
  • its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity;
  • moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration;
  • Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction;
  • the luxury and corruption among the upper classes

Nearby Words:

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