What is "degeneration" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does degeneration mean in English? Meaning of degeneration definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "degeneration" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "degeneration": the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality

Noun

  • Meaning: the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
  • Synonyms: degeneration devolution
  • Hyponyms: attack macular degeneration obsolescence
  • Hypernyms: physical process process
  • Antonyms: development evolution
  • Pronunciation in UK: /dɪˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/

    Meaning of "degeneration": the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

    Noun

  • Meaning: the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
  • Synonyms: decadence decadency degeneracy degeneration
  • Hypernyms: abasement abjection degradation
  • Pronunciation in UK: /dɪˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/

    Meaning of "degeneration": passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form

    Noun

  • Meaning: passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
  • Synonyms: degeneration retrogression
  • Hyponyms: abiotrophy cataplasia
  • Hypernyms: shift transformation transmutation
  • Pronunciation in UK: /dɪˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/

    Synonyms:

    decay, decline, declination, decadence, declension, degeneracy, decaying, worsening, decadency,

    Antonyms:

    improvement, morality,

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    degeneration in English: degeneration
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