degeneration

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
noun the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
noun passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form

From French dégénération, from Latin dēgenerātiō.

Its degeneration was slow, in the beginning. — Astounding Stories, June, 1931, Various
They sometimes get fatty degeneration of the soul. — Set in Silver, C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
Supposing he had to face the chances of degeneration? — The Creators: A Comedy, May Sinclair

devolution

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