degeneracy

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But the spirit of degeneracy had firmly gripped me.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

Mr. Whigham is in his actorly wheelhouse, moral degeneracy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

However, antiferromagnets should not exhibit lifted Kramers spin degeneracy by the magnetic order, whereas ferromagnets or altermagnets should.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024

Normally a quantum mechanical property called degeneracy pressure makes the electrons resist compression, adding support to the core.

From Scientific American • Nov. 10, 2023

Poetry was a symptom of weakness, of degeneracy and decay.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck