degeneracy

Example Sentences

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She’s forthright with her interest in depravity, and as such, her films make no effort to conceal their degeneracies or shock the viewer.

From Salon

Elizabeth is also the conscience of the piece, befriending the Creature and being alternately attracted to Victor and repulsed by what she sees as his moral degeneracy—never mind his abdication of parental responsibility.

From The Wall Street Journal

It would be unfair to place the sole blame for the degeneracy of civil norms on one segment of the public.

From Salon

When the scientists saw the lifting of Kramers spin degeneracy, accompanied by the vanishing net magnetisation, they knew they were looking at an altermagnet.

From Science Daily

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

From Scientific American