degeneracy
n 1: the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
[syn: {degeneracy}, {degeneration}, {decadence},
{decadency}]
2: 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" [syn: {corruption}, {degeneracy},
{depravation}, {depravity}, {putrefaction}]
Degeneracy \De*gen"er*a*cy\, n. [From {Degenerate}, a.]
1. The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse.
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Willful degeneracy from goodness. --Tillotson.
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2. The state of having become degenerate; decline in good
qualities; deterioration; meanness.
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Degeneracy of spirit in a state of slavery.
--Addison.
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To recover mankind out of their universal corruption
and degeneracy. --S. Clarke.
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