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Degeneracy

Degeneracy Meaning & Definition
Degeneracy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Degeneracy?

[n] moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels; its opium parlors; its depravity"
[n] the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

Synonyms | Synonyms for Degeneracy: corruption | decadence | decadency | degeneration | depravity

Related Terms | Find terms related to Degeneracy:

See Also | abasement | abjection | degradation | immorality

Degeneracy In Webster's Dictionary

\De*gen"er*a*cy\, n. [From {Degenerate}, a.] 1. The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse. Willful degeneracy from goodness. --Tillotson. 2. The state of having become degenerate; decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness. Degeneracy of spirit in a state of slavery. --Addison. To recover mankind out of their universal corruption and degeneracy. --S. Clarke.

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