Noun: degeneracy di'je-nu-ru-see
- The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
"The degeneracy of the empire was evident in its corrupt leadership";
- degeneration, decadence, decadency
- Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
"moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration";
- corruption, depravation, depravity, putrefaction
- (science and mathematics) the condition of having multiple states or types with the same property
"The degeneracy of electron orbitals can be lifted by applying an external magnetic field"; "In statistical modeling, parameter degeneracy occurs when different combinations of parameters produce the same model outpu"
Derived forms: degeneracies
Type of: abasement, abjection, degradation, immorality
Encyclopedia: Degeneracy