degenerate

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Definitions

noun

One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral person.“In the cult of degenerates, acts of decency, kindness and modesty could be seen as acts of apostasy.”

verb

To lose good or desirable qualities.“His condition continued to degenerate even after admission to hospital.”
To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.

adjective

(of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
(of a human or system) Having lost good or desirable qualities.
(of an encoding or function) Having multiple domain elements correspond to one element of the range.
Relating to degeneracy

Related words

Synonyms

degraded deteriorate pervert deviate deviant immoral riotous profligate dissolute dissipated debauched fast libertine drop worsen perv

Associated

degeneracy conic polyhedron hyperbola ellipse helium tiling fermi perturbation triangles degeneration determinant

Rhymes

elucidate articulate desolate facilitate profligate explicate deliberate delineate ruminate innate

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