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DEGENERACY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
Example:
Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction
Synonyms:
corruption; degeneracy; depravation; depravity; putrefaction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("degeneracy" is a kind of...):
immorality (the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
Synonyms:
decadence; decadency; degeneracy; degeneration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("degeneracy" is a kind of...):
abasement; abjection; degradation (a low or downcast state)
