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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : dih-jen-uh-rey-shuh n |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən |
Definition of degeneration
Origin :- c.1600, from French dégéneration (15c.) or directly from Late Latin degenerationem (nominative degeneratio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin degenerare (see degenerate (adj.)).
- noun deterioration
- In both sexes there is a tendency to neurosis and degeneration.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- Alcohol especially facilitates the degeneration of sexual life.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- The exact cause of the degeneration has not yet been found, but the fact is certain.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- I have designated this degeneration by the term blastophthoria.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- That degeneration was not confined to the great emigrant race.
- Extract from : « Legends of the Saxon Saints » by Aubrey de Vere
- Histolysis: the degeneration and dissolution of organic tissue.
- Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
- Their degeneration, as she regarded it, had not begun when she married Mr. Cinch.
- Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg
- There are yet other evidences of degeneration; witness the eroticism that is to be found in our literature.
- Extract from : « Religion and Lust » by James Weir
- The inevitable result would be degeneration in some form or other.
- Extract from : « Religion and Lust » by James Weir
- Mild forms of these types of degeneration are very abundant.
- Extract from : « Religion and Lust » by James Weir
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