degeneration
Collocations
5ADJ.
age-related, macular
VERB + DEGENERATION
caused, creed, suffering
DEGENERATION + NOUN
blindness, caucasian, democracy, situation, vertebrate
PREP.
from
ADV.
further, primarily
Definitions
noun
The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
The modern cry of "more liberty and less creed" is a degeneration from a vertebrate to a jellyfish.
Hence, regional soil degenerations and podsolization was probably an important factor contributing to the retrogressive change in the forest composition at the end of the mesocratic phase..
That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure.
fatty degeneration of the liver
Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
A thing that has degenerated.
cockle, aracus, […] and other degenerations
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Synonyms
noun — passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
- retrogression
noun — the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of e
noun — the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
- degeneracy
- decadence
- decadency
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6The modern cry of "more liberty and less creed" is a degeneration from a vertebrate to a jellyfish.
WiktionaryHence, regional soil degenerations and podsolization was probably an important factor contributing to the retrogressive change in the forest composition at the end of the mesocratic phase..
WiktionaryEmmanuel Macron sounded like a man in grief. Not angry, not defiant, just a little triste. Europe, he lamented, was suffering a “degeneration of democracy”.
WiktionaryAge-related macular degeneration can cause blindness.
Tatoeba · #7987114With the deteriorating ethos, even seemingly trivial matters have caused a further degeneration of the situation.
Tatoeba · #9749476In the deteriorating atmosphere, even seemingly trivial matters have caused a further degeneration of the situation.
Tatoeba · #9749478