degeneration

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable, usually) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
2. (uncountable, usually) 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.
3. (uncountable, usually) Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
4. (countable, usually) A thing that has degenerated.

Concepts

dégénération

dégénérescence

décadence

détérioration

déchéance

laisser-aller

corruption

rétrogression

décentralisation

dépravation

aggravation

dévolution

Synonymes

deterioration

degeneracy

decadence

decay

corruption

retrogression

devolution

decline

decadency

laxness

downfall

ruin

depravation

depravity

impairment

disintegration

exacerbation

decrease

degradation

atrophy

regression

change in quality

degenerative disease

aggravation

denaturization

alteration

backslide

debasement

decrepitude

degenerate

demoralization

denaturation

dilapidation

diminution

distortion

enfeeblement

fall

perversion

putrefy

radioactive decay

transformation

transmutation

weakening

worsening

growing worse

Traductions

degenerazione

degeneración

degeneração

Degeneration

Entartung

εκφυλισμός

degeneració

Verschlechterung

Verfall

decadência

Gegenkopplung

Dekadenz

εκφύλιση

Rückgang

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɪˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From French dégénération, from Latin dēgenerātiō.