degeneracy

Meanings

Plural: degeneracies

Noun

• the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
• moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
  • "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"
• The state of being degenerate (in all senses).
• The ability of one part of the brain to take over another's function without being overexerted.
• A limiting case of a class of objects which appears to be qualitatively different from (and usually simpler than) the rest of the class.

Synonyms

corruption, decadence, decadency, degeneration, depravation, depravity, putrefaction