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 Definitions of degeneracy  [ɪˈdʒɛn ər ə si]  

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Definition of 'degeneracy' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) degeneracy
degenerate state or character.

2.  degeneracy
the process of degenerating; decline.

3.  degeneracy
degenerate behavior, esp. behavior considered sexually deviant.

Etymology:  (1655–65)

Definition of 'degeneracy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency
the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

2. (noun) corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction
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"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"


Definition of 'degeneracy' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) degeneracy
the act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse

2. (adj) degeneracy
the state of having become degenerate; decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness



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