Degeneration and Decay

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Degeneration noun - A change to a lower state or level.

Usage example: the organization's degeneration from a movement for political reform to just another political party

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Decay is a synonym for degeneration in decline topic. In some cases you can use "Decay" instead a noun "Degeneration", when it comes to topics like deterioration, reduction, decrease, degradation. popular alternative

Decay noun - A gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body.

Usage example: middle-aged people who fervently hope that daily exercise will arrest the physical decay that usually accompanies advancing age

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Degeneration is a synonym for decay in decline topic. You can use "Degeneration" instead a noun "Decay", if it concerns topics such as decrease, collapse, degradation, deterioration. popular alternative

Nearby Words: decayed, decaying, decadence, decadent

physical	physical degeneration	physical decay
usual	usual degeneration	usual decay
instant	instant degeneration	instant decay
constant	constant degeneration	constant decay
Other adjectives: severe, slow, gradual, moral, advanced, mental, societal, further, eventual, rapid, cellular, neural.

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