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   degenerate

   adjective

   • 1. having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline: "a degenerate form of a higher civilization" Similar debaseddegradedcorruptcorruptedvitiatedbastardimpureOpposite pure
   • 2. lacking some usual or expected property or quality. technical Similar corruptdecadentdissolutedissipateddebauchedrakishreprobateprofligatedepravedperverteddespicablebasevice-riddenwickedsinfulungodlyimmoralunprincipledamoraldishonourabledisreputableunsavourysordidlowmeanignoblelewdlecherouslasciviouslicentiouslibidinousloosepromiscuouswantonlibertineintemperateinformal:pervyOpposite moral
   • ▪ (of a type of equation, curve, etc.) equivalent to a simpler type, especially when a variable or parameter is set to zero.
   • ▪ (of an energy level) corresponding to more than one quantum state.
   • ▪ (of matter) at densities so high that gravitational contraction is counteracted, either by the Pauli exclusion principle or by an analogous quantum effect between closely packed neutrons.
   • ▪ having reverted to a simpler form as a result of losing a complex or adaptive structure present in the ancestral form: "degenerate offshoots from the main line of vertebrate progress"

   noun

   • 1. an immoral or corrupt person: "get out of my house, you degenerate!"

   verb

   • 1. decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally: "the quality of life had degenerated" Similar deterioratedeclinesinkslipslideworsenget/grow worsetake a turn for the worselapsefailfall offslumpgo downhillregressretrogressdecayrotgo to rack and ruininformal:go to potgo to the dogshit the skidsgo down the tubesgo down the toiletgo to the packrare:retrogradedevolvewaste awaywasteatrophyweakenbecome debilitatedOpposite improve

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Latin degeneratus ‘no longer of its kind’, from the verb degenerare, from degener ‘debased’, from de- ‘away from’ + genus, gener- ‘race, kind’.

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   • 1. degenerately adverb

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   What does degenerate mean?

   • degenerar, deteriorarse, decaer… deteriorar, degenerar, decadente… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! DEGENERATE definition: 1. to become worse in quality: 2. having low standards of behaviour: 3. someone with low….

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   • The adjective and noun are pronounced (dɪdʒenərət ). If you say that someone or something degenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous. Inactivity can make your joints stiff, and the bones may begin to degenerate. [VERB]

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   What is the difference between a degenerate and a moral degenerate?

   • degenerate into What was intended as a peaceful demonstration rapidly degenerated into violence. moral degenerate They're just moral degenerates with no sense of decency. Standards of courtesy have degenerated since I was a girl. He was a lazy, degenerate young man. Neurochemical architecture of the normal and degenerating rat retina.

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   adjective. formal disapproving uk / dɪˈdʒen.ə.rət / us / dɪˈdʒen.ə.rət / having low standards of behaviour: a degenerate young man. Synonyms. debauched. dissipated formal disapproving. dissolute literary.

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     adjective. formal disapproving us / dɪˈdʒen.ə.rət / uk /...

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     DEGENERATE definicja: 1. to become worse in quality: 2....

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     DEGENERATE translate: ухудшаться, перерастать, развращенный...

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   1. /dɪˈʤɛnərət/ a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable. 2. /dɪˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt/ grow worse. IPA guide. Other forms: degenerated; degenerates; degenerating; degenerately. If something degenerates, it gets worse, like a food fight that degenerates to an all-out spaghetti-throwing war.

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   If you describe a person or their behaviour as degenerate, you disapprove of them because you think they have low standards of behaviour or morality.

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   Degenerate can be a verb, adjective, or noun, meaning to decline, deteriorate, or revert to a lower level or state. It can also refer to a person or thing that is debased, corrupt, or immoral, or to a sexual deviate.

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    Degenerate can mean having declined, deteriorated, or corrupted from a former or original state, or relating to quantum states, matter, or genes with the same energy or structure. See different definitions, synonyms, and usage examples from various sources.