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degeneracy

[dih-jen-er-uh-see] / dɪˈdʒɛn ər ə si /




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Viewers considered it, as one art historian would write later, either “a symbol of the ultimate in moral degeneracy or as a mad and irresponsible joke.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Las Vegas took your money with gracious respect for your degeneracy, gouging you sweetly and slowly.

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025

It would be unfair to place the sole blame for the degeneracy of civil norms on one segment of the public.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2024

However, antiferromagnets should not exhibit lifted Kramers spin degeneracy by the magnetic order, whereas ferromagnets or altermagnets should.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 14, 2024

Poetry was a symptom of weakness, of degeneracy and decay.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck


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