degeneration - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form

Synonyms

• degeneration
• retrogression

More generic

• shift
• transformation
• transmutation

More specific

• abiotrophy
• cataplasia

Noun

the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality

Synonyms

• degeneration
• devolution

More generic

• physical process
• process

More specific

• attack
• macular degeneration
• obsolescence

Noun

the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

Synonyms

• decadence
• decadency
• degeneracy
• degeneration

More generic

• abasement
• abjection
• degradation

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