DEGENERACY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

Example:

Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction

Synonyms:

corruption; degeneracy; depravation; depravity; putrefaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("degeneracy" is a kind of...):

immorality (the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct)

Meaning:

The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

Synonyms:

decadence; decadency; degeneracy; degeneration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("degeneracy" is a kind of...):

abasement; abjection; degradation (a low or downcast state)