'Degeneracy' definitions:
Definition of 'degeneracy'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities [syn: degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency]
noun
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" [syn: corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction]
Definition of 'Degeneracy'
From: GCIDE
- Degeneracy \De*gen"er*a*cy\, n. [From Degenerate, a.]
- 1. The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse. [1913 Webster]
- Willful degeneracy from goodness. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of having become degenerate; decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness. [1913 Webster]
- Degeneracy of spirit in a state of slavery. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- To recover mankind out of their universal corruption and degeneracy. --S. Clarke. [1913 Webster]