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degenerate
[dih-jen-uh-reyt, dih-jen-er-it]
verb (used without object)
to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate.
The morale of the soldiers degenerated, and they were unable to fight.
Synonyms: , , ,to diminish in quality, especially from a former state of coherence, balance, integrity, etc..
The debate degenerated into an exchange of insults.
Pathology.Ģżto lose functional activity, as a tissue or organ.
Evolution.Ģż(of a species or any of its traits or structures) to revert to a simple, less highly organized, or less functionally active type, as a parasitic plant that has lost its taproot or the vestigial wings of a flightless bird.
verb (used with object)
to cause degeneration in; bring about a decline, deterioration, or reversion in.
adjective
having fallen below a normal or desirable level, especially in physical or moral qualities; deteriorated; degraded.
a degenerate king.
having lost, or become impaired with respect to, the qualities proper to the species or kind.
a degenerate vine.
characterized by or associated with degeneracy.
degenerate times.
Mathematics.Ģżpertaining to a limiting case of a mathematical system that is more symmetrical or simpler in form than the general case.
Physics.Ģż
(of modes of vibration of a system) having the same frequency.
(of quantum states of a system) having equal energy.
noun
a person who has declined, as in morals or character, from a type or standard considered normal.
a person or thing that reverts to an earlier stage of culture, development, or evolution.
a sexual deviate.
degenerate
verb
to become degenerate
biology (of organisms or their parts) to become less specialized or functionally useless
adjective
having declined or deteriorated to a lower mental, moral, or physical level; debased; degraded; corrupt
physics
(of the constituents of a system) having the same energy but different wave functions
(of a semiconductor) containing a similar number of electrons in the conduction band to the number of electrons in the conduction band of metals
(of a resonant device) having two or more modes of equal frequency
(of a code) containing symbols that represent more than one letter, figure, etc
(of a plant or animal) having undergone degeneration
noun
a degenerate person
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- degenerately adverb
- degenerateness noun
- nondegenerate adjective
- nondegenerately adverb
- nondegenerateness noun
- predegenerate adjective
- undegenerate adjective
- undegenerated adjective
- undegenerating adjective
- »å±šĖ²µ±š²Ō±š°ł²¹³Ł±š²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
- »å±šĖ²µ±š²Ō±š°ł²¹³Ł±š±ō²ā adverb
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of degenerate1
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of degenerate1
Example Sentences
The sources of modern art, according to social critic Max Nordau, were decadent, corrupted societies whose artists, afflicted with ādegenerationā as a form of mental illness, could only produce work reflecting their degenerate selves.
āFor me, the whole value in sports has been degenerated,ā Logan said.
But horizontally, under glass in a large table, this caught my attention: an engrossing collection of 1930s and 1940s newspaper clippings Picasso kept ā he was quite the packrat ā about the Hitler ādegenerateā purges.
One accused Vargas Llosa of having a "degenerate mind".
Fascism is always an ideology based on the belief that modern society has become weak and degenerate, and that the cure is purging certain people.
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