Synonyms for degeneration

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-jen-uh-rey-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən

Définition 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

Example sentences :

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

Antonyms for degeneration

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