degeneration

noundeterioration

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noun deterioration

Antonyms for degeneration

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atrophy

noun. wasting away, disintegration

corrosion

noun. disintegration

decadence

noun. perversion; deterioration of morality

declension

noun. deterioration

Word Origin & History

c.1600, from French dégéneration (15c.) or directly from Late Latin degenerationem (nominative degeneratio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin degenerare (see degenerate (adj.)).

Example Sentences for degeneration

In both sexes there is a tendency to neurosis and degeneration.

The exact cause of the degeneration has not yet been found, but the fact is certain.

Alcohol especially facilitates the degeneration of sexual life.

I have designated this degeneration by the term blastophthoria.

That degeneration was not confined to the great emigrant race.

Histolysis: the degeneration and dissolution of organic tissue.

Their degeneration, as she regarded it, had not begun when she married Mr. Cinch.

Mild forms of these types of degeneration are very abundant.

The inevitable result would be degeneration in some form or other.

There are yet other evidences of degeneration; witness the eroticism that is to be found in our literature.

degeneration

Synonyms for degeneration

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atrophy

corrosion

corruption

decadence

decay

declension

degeneration

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corrosion

corruption

decadence

decay

declension

Synonyms for degeneration

atrophy