degeneracy meaning

degeneracy as a noun

1. the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

   Synonyms: degeneration, decadence, decadency

   Type of: abasement

2. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
   • the luxury and corruption among the upper classes
   • moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration
   • its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity
   • Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction

   Synonyms: corruption, depravation, depravity, putrefaction

   Type of: immorality

How to pronounce degeneracy

degeneracy is pronounced /dɪˈdʒɛnərəsi/ in American English. It has 5 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.