Synonyms for degeneracy
dɪˈdʒɛn ər ə side·gen·er·a·cy

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1. degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadencynoun

   the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

   Synonyms:
   retrogression, devolution, corruption, putrefaction, depravity, depravation, decadency, degeneration, decadence

2. corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefactionnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   putrescence, rottenness, rot, subversion, decadency, decadence, rotting, putrefaction, depravity, turpitude, putridness, depravation, decomposition, corruption, degeneration, corruptness

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1. • Degradation
   • Immorality

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1. degeneracynoun

   Synonyms:
   deterioration, debasement, abasement, depravation, degeneration, degenerateness, declension, degradation, decline, decrease, falling off, growing worse

2. degeneracynoun

   Synonyms:
   inferiority, meanness, poorness

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1. degeneracynoun

   Synonyms:
   decline, degeneration, retrogression, deterioration

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1. List of paraphrases for "degeneracy":

   degeneration

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1. Abraham Lincoln:

   Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except Negroes and foreigners and Catholics.' When it comes to this, I shall prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy hypocrisy.