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Definition of degenerate adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

degenerate

adjective
 
/dɪˈdʒenərət/
 
/dɪˈdʒenərət/
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  1. having moral standards that have fallen to a level that is very low and unacceptable to most people
    • a degenerate popular culture
    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin degeneratus ‘no longer of its kind’, from the verb degenerare, from degener ‘debased’, from de- ‘away from’ + genus, gener- ‘race, kind’.
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