Degeneration
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
Evolution is an antonym for degeneration.
Evolution
Evolution noun - The act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced.
Usage example: the evolution of motion pictures from a peep-show novelty into a medium of mass entertainment and an art form
Degeneration is an antonym for evolution.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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His 'evolution' into the most purely evil being in creation and designated villain for the universe seems degeneration into caricature.
Source: Comic Book / New Gods - Of course, all this would imply that Nightmarification/Alicornization is not a process of evolution, but rather a degeneration to a more base form.
Source: Analysis / Pony POV Series
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