degeneracy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
degenerate + -cy
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
degeneracy (countable and uncountable, plural degeneracies)
- The state of being degenerate (in all senses).
- 1893, Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education, United States. Office of Education, page 133:
- Inveterate abuse of drinking in nonhereditarily disposed persons creates a degeneracy like the hereditary.
- (neuroscience) The ability of one part of the brain to take over another's function without being overexerted.
- Coordinate term: compensation
Translations[edit]
degeneration — see degeneration