moral degeneracy
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degeneracy — noun 1. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles 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… … Useful english dictionary
degeneracy — [[t]dɪʤe̱nərəsi[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you refer to the behaviour of a group of people as degeneracy, you mean that you think it is shocking, immoral, or disgusting. ...the moral degeneracy of society. Syn: depravity … English dictionary
Moral treatment — was an approach to mental disorder based on humane psychosocial care or moral discipline that emerged in the 18th century and came to the fore for much of the 19th century, deriving partly from psychiatry or psychology and partly from religious… … Wikipedia
degeneracy — noun the sexual degeneracy and intellectual deterioration of the time Syn: corruption, decadence, moral decay, dissipation, dissolution, profligacy, vice, immorality, sin, sinfulness, ungodliness; debauchery; formal turpitude … Thesaurus of popular words
degeneracy — degenerate ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having lost normal and desirable qualities; showing evidence of moral or physical decline. ► NOUN ▪ a morally degenerate person. ► VERB ▪ deteriorate physically or morally. DERIVATIVES degeneracy noun degenerately adverb … English terms dictionary
moral turpitude — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abandonment, abjection, baseness, chicanery, corruptedness, corruption, corruptness, debasement, decadence, decadency, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, demoralization, depravation,… … Moby Thesaurus
degeneracy — 1. A condition marked by deterioration of mental, physical, or moral processes. 2. The fact that several different triplet codons encode the same amino acid. [L. de, from, + genus, (gener ), race] * * * de·gen·er·a·cy di jen (ə )rə sē n, pl cies … Medical dictionary
degeneracy — de·gen·er·a·cy || dɪ dÊ’enÉ™rÉ™sɪ n. degradation, deterioration; decline, descent; deviance; state of having low moral values … English contemporary dictionary
depravation — noun moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles 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… … Useful english dictionary
putrefaction — noun 1. a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor • Syn: ↑rot • Derivationally related forms: ↑rot (for: ↑rot), ↑putrefy • Hypernyms: ↑decay … Useful english dictionary
