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degeneration
Synonyms and Antonyms of degeneration
- the organization's degeneration from a movement for political reform to just another political party
breakup, crumbling, decomposition, disintegration, dissolution
decimation, demolishment, demolition, desolation, destruction, havoc, ruin, ruination
abatement, decrease, decrement, de-escalation, deflation, diminishment, diminution, dip, downslide, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, falloff, loss, lowering, reduction, sag, shrinkage, slip, slump
- the troubling degeneration of his memory
- the general degeneration that characterized so many old mining towns
Synonym Discussion of degeneration
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- the deterioration of the house through neglect
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- the degeneration of their youthful idealism into cynicism
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- cited love of luxury as a sign of cultural decadence
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- the meteoric decline of his career after the scandal
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