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degeneracy
noun
moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
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dɪˈdʒɛnəɹəsi
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noun
moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
“the luxury and corruption among the upper classes”
noun
the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
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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
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