Synonyms of degeneracy

Noun


1. degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency, abasement, degradation, abjection

usage: the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

2. corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction, immorality

usage: 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"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"

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