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degeneration

The word “degeneration” has 5 syllables: de-gen-er-a-tion

It's pronounced as /dɪˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃən/

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In the thesaurus, “degeneration” has 97 synonyms and 42 antonyms.

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Synonyms for degeneration

Antonyms for degeneration

Meanings of degeneration

  • noun
    1. The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
    2. That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure.
    3. Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
    4. A thing that has degenerated.

Example Sentences

  • The doctor explained the degeneration of the patient’s eyesight.
  • Historians studied the degeneration of the once-powerful empire.
  • The novel portrays the moral degeneration of its main character.
  • Scientists are researching ways to slow down cell degeneration.
  • The film depicted the cultural degeneration of society in a dystopian future.

On this page you'll find 139 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to degeneration, such as: abasement, abatement, abjection, accretion, accrual, addendum, addition.

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