Degeneracy - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |dɪˈdʒenərəsɪ|  American pronunciation of the word degeneracy
Brit.  |dɪˈdʒenərəsɪ|  British pronunciation of the word degeneracy

noun

- the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities (syn: decadence, decadency, degeneration)
- moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles (syn: corruption, depravation, depravity, putrefaction)
moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration

Extra examples

...the sad degeneracy of the old neighborhood into a slum...

...the degeneracy of the family into a gang of petty thieves...

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