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degeneration noun

  /dɪˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/
  • (uncountable) 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.
 degeneracja
  • (uncountable, countable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
 degeneracja, zwyrodnienie
  • (uncountable) Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
 zwyrodnienie

degenerate verb

  /dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹeɪt/ , /dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹɪt/
  • (transitive) To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.
 degenerować się, wykolejać się, zwyrodnieć

degenerate noun

  /dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹeɪt/ , /dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹɪt/
  • One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral or corrupt person.
 degenerat, degeneratka

degenerate adjective

  /dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹeɪt/ , /dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹɪt/
  • (of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
 zdegenerowany
  • (of a human or system) Having lost good or desirable qualities.
 zdegenerowany, zwyrodniały
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