Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun degeneracy

2 senses of degeneracy

Sense 1
degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency -- (the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities)
       => abasement, degradation, abjection -- (a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken)

Sense 2
corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction -- (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")
       => immorality -- (the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct; "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction")