Meaning of DEGENERACY
| Pronunciation: | | di'jenurusee
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- [n] 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"
- [n] the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
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| | Synonyms: | | corruption, decadence, decadency, degeneration, depravity |
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| | See Also: | | abasement, abjection, degradation, immorality | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | In relation to the genetic code, the fact that more than one codon can code for the same amino acid. |
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