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degeneracy |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Degeneracy \De*gen"er*a*cy\, n. [From {Degenerate}, a.] 1. The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse. Willful degeneracy from goodness. --Tillotson. 2. The state of having become degenerate; decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness. Degeneracy of spirit in a state of slavery. --Addison. To recover mankind out of their universal corruption and degeneracy. --S. Clarke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: degeneracy n 1: the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities [syn: {degeneration}] 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" [syn: {corruption}, {depravity}]
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