Synonyms and Antonyms of degeneration
1
a change to a lower state or level
- the organization's degeneration from a movement for political reform to just another political party
decadence, declension, declination, decline, degeneracy, degradation, dégringolade, descent, deterioration, devolution, downfall, downgrade, ebb, eclipse, fall
dark age, nadir, sunset
decay, rotting, spoiling
breakup, crumbling, decomposition, disintegration, dissolution
abasement, debasement
depreciation, lessening
decimation, demolishment, demolition, desolation, destruction, havoc, ruin, ruination
abatement, decrease, decrement, de-escalation, deflation, diminishment, diminution, dip, downslide, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, falloff, loss, lowering, reduction, sag, shrinkage, slip, slump
advancement, development, evolution, growth
blossoming, flourishing, flowering
renewal, restoration, revitalization
heightening
accretion, accrual, addendum, addition, augmentation, boost, enhancement, gain, increase, increment, raise, supplement
2
a gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body
- the troubling degeneration of his memory since he reached middle age
3
a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior
- the general degeneration that characterized so many old mining towns, which had only drinking and gambling for entertainment
abjection, corruption, corruptness, debasement, debauchery, decadence, decadency, degeneracy, degenerateness, degradation, demoralization, depravity, dissipatedness, dissipation, dissoluteness, libertinage, libertinism, perversion, pervertedness, rakishness, turpitude
