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    DEGENERACY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principlesplay

    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)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualitiesplay

    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)

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