Degeneracy (Noun)
Meaning 1
The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The city's degeneracy was evident in the rampant crime and corruption that plagued its streets.
- His degeneracy was a result of years of substance abuse and poor life choices.
- The novel explored the degeneracy of the wealthy elite, revealing their dark secrets and scandals.
- The politician's degeneracy was exposed when his history of embezzlement and bribery came to light.
- The community was shocked by the degeneracy of the once-respected leader, who was found guilty of numerous counts of misconduct.
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Meaning 2
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The decline of moral values and rise in decadence pointed to an era of cultural degeneracy that many had foreseen.
- Throughout history, corrupting power has led to an eventual moral degeneracy in the rulers and nobility.
- Despite appearances of affluence and success, an underlying atmosphere of degeneracy marred the society with every kind of hidden vice.
- Years of internal conflict, disease, and disorder seemed to foreshadow the fall into social degeneracy.
- Among such evident extravagance, profligacy and greed an unprecedented climate of widespread moral degeneracy slowly enveloped.