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What (who) is Degenerate - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Degenerate; Degenerative; Degeneracy (disambiguation); Degeneration (disambiguation); Non-degeneracy; Degeneration
degenerate
v. (D; intr.) to degenerate from; into
degenerate
I. v. n.
Deteriorate, decline, decay, become worse, grow worse, fall off, run down, become enfeebled or impaired or perverted.
II. a.
Inferior, mean, base, corrupt, fallen, degenerated, decayed, in decadence.
degenerate
¦ adjective d?'d??n(?)r?t
1. having lost the physical or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline.
Biology having reverted to a simpler form as a result of losing a structure present in the ancestral form.
2. Physics relating to or denoting a quantized energy level corresponding to more than one state.
denoting matter at such high density (e.g. in neutron stars) that quantum effects are dominant.
¦ noun d?'d??n(?)r?t a morally degenerate person.
¦ verb d?'d??n?re?t decline or deteriorate physically or morally.
Derivatives
degeneracy noun
degenerately adverb
Origin
C15: from L. degeneratus 'no longer of its kind', from degenerare, from degener 'debased', from de- + genus, gener- 'race, kind'.
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Degeneracy
Degeneracy, degenerate, or degeneration may refer to:
Examples of use of Degenerate
1. Instead of trying to rise above our degenerate politics, she became trapped in the spiderweb of this degenerate politics.
2. If that doesnt happen, the situation on the ground has all the potential to degenerate degenerate both on the humanitarian side and also on the security side.
3. Japan has turned Rightist and reactionary politically and morally degenerate.
4. Protests for more housing sometimes degenerate into riots.
5. IMF officials say spiraling prices could degenerate into hyperinflation.