degeneration
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7.5
- noun
- /dɪˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃən/
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degeneración
- Italy was not the only country afflicted by a sense of historical decay and moral degeneration.
- moral degeneration
- degeneration theory
- degeneration and decay
Don't let that deter you from the degeneration of the masculine.
- Don't let that deter you from the degeneration of the masculine.
- The opposite of progress, of course, is degeneration, or going backwards.
- I I would say that I am not as much afraid of death as I am of degeneration.
- It takes a lot of degeneration before a country falls into a dictatorship, she said.
- Seneca just likes that the books was a sign of degeneration.
Examples
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Unless stringent measures were adopted, reformers claimed, Canadian society was increasingly at risk for "race degeneration."
Academic text (2005) -
The symptoms of physical and mental degeneration first appear about age 30, sometimes later.
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But it is the direct result of this degeneration and helps to make it more durable.
Blog text (9) -
The opposite of progress, of course, is degeneration, or going backwards.
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It can cause increasing degeneration in your joints.
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Though the husband sees the mental degeneration of his wife, he does nothing; on the contrary, he idealizes her.
Fiction book (1993) -
As recently as the nineteenth century, certain diseases were considered defects of character and moral degeneration.
Academic text (1993) -
But the famine that gripped Somalia in 1992 resulted from the degeneration of the country's political system and economy.
Academic text (1996) -
The symptoms of physical and mental degeneration first appear about age 30, sometimes later.
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What we are seeing is the continuing degeneration of our mainstream television news media.
Synonyms
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3.9
A gradual loss in amount, quality, or value
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4.5
The gradual loss of strength or good condition over time
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5.9
A slow change when something like a building or a person's health becomes worse
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6.8
The process of making land, water, or buildings worse over time
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8.8
A state of very bad moral behavior
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8.1
A decline in morals when people enjoy luxury and pleasure too much
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6.7
A decrease in size, strength or importance
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7.5
Making a person or thing less respected and less valued
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9.3
A fall in moral and social standards showing corruption
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8.3
A slow decline from a higher to a lower state in quality or power
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3.9
A fall in how good something is over time
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9.0
A period when something slowly becomes worse
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4.2
A change where something becomes worse over time
A slow change that makes something worse
A loss of moral and cultural values when people live only for pleasure
A slow fall in condition, status, or behaviour
A state of being near death or close to ending
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.3
Loss of central vision when the part of the eye that sees fine detail gets weak
- Specialized
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5.1
A condition in older people when part of the eye gets weaker and causes loss of central vision
- Specialized
A rare inherited disease where copper builds up and harms the liver and brain
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
degeneration = degenerate (semi-transparent) = degenerate + ion
The noun is a regular nominalization of the verb 'degenerate' with the suffix '-ion'.
Etymology
Degeneration comes from the Latin parts de- 'down' and gen-, seen in generate and generation, meaning 'birth' or 'kind'. So it suggests a 'moving down' from the original state, which is why degeneration means a fall to a worse moral, mental, or overall condition.