Degeneracy - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|dɪˈdʒenərəsɪ|
Brit.
|dɪˈdʒenərəsɪ|
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 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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