Definitions
passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
Word origin
From French dégénération, from Latin dēgenerātiō.
Used in a sentence
“The modern cry of "more liberty and less creed" is a degeneration from a vertebrate to a jellyfish.”
“Hence, regional soil degenerations and podsolization was probably an important factor contributing to the retrogressive change in the forest composition at the end of the mesocratic phase..”
“Emmanuel Macron sounded like a man in grief. Not angry, not defiant, just a little triste. Europe, he lamented, was suffering a “degeneration of democracy”.”
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01“simpler form”12 letters
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