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English noun: degeneracy | |||
| 1. | degeneracy (state) the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities | ||
| Synonyms | decadence, decadency, degeneration | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | abasement, abjection, degradation | ||
| 2. | degeneracy (attribute) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles | ||
| Samples | The luxury and corruption among the upper classes. Moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration. Its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity. Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction. | ||
| Synonyms | corruption, depravation, depravity, putrefaction | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | immorality | ||
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