Synonyms for degeneration
dɪˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃənde·gen·er·a·tion

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1. degeneration, devolutionnoun

   the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality

   Synonyms:
   devolution, decadence, degeneracy, retrogression, decadency, devolvement

2. degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadencynoun

   the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

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

3. degeneration, retrogressionnoun

   passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form

   Synonyms:
   reversion, retrogression, devolution, regression, degeneracy, decadency, regress, retroversion, decadence

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1. degenerationnoun

   Synonyms:
   degeneracy

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1. degenerationnoun

   Synonyms:
   deterioration, decline, retrogradation, degeneracy, vitiation

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1. List of paraphrases for "degeneration":

   degeneracy, degenerative, decay, degradation

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1. Hyon Choi:

   As a major natural antioxidant in the body, uric acid has been estimated to account for more than 50 percent of the antioxidant capacity of plasma, with these potentially neuro-protective properties, uric acid has been hypothesized to protect against oxidative stress, a prominent contributor to dopaminergic neuron degeneration in Parkinson's disease, which may also play an important role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease.

2. William Ralph Inge:

   I think middle-age is the best time, if we can escape the fatty degeneration of the conscience which often sets in at about fifty.

3. Julian Bailes:

   In the military, it seems it would be vitally important to know who has been exposed to this, and then be able to identify, mark, follow the progression of brain degeneration from blast injury, and to know who's at risk and maybe who needs to be pulled out of harm's way permanently.

4. Marc Werner:

   There are many eye diseases that can cause loss of vision (glaucoma, macular degeneration), or loss of life (ocular melanoma), which may have no signs or symptoms but can be detected during a thorough eye exam.

5. Georges Clemenceau:

   America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.