Descent
Descent noun - The act or process of going to a lower level or altitude.
Generation and descent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Generation" instead a noun "Descent".
Generation
Generation noun - Group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent.
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Synonyms for Generation
Descent and generation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Descent" instead a noun "Generation".
How words are described
| middle | middle descent | middle generation |
| original | original descent | original generation |
| final | final descent | final generation |
| subsequent | subsequent descent | subsequent generation |
| Other adjectives: recent. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Roman Reigns, a third generation wrestler of Samoan descent, averts this, backstage at least.
Source: Wild Samoan - The last two episodes of the first generation in Mobile Suit Gundam AGE shows Flit Asuno taking the dark descent to becoming a revenge-obsessed Earth Federation fanatic.
Source: Jumping Off the Slippery Slope -
NieR: The events of the game ensure that the remnants of humanity will die out in a generation, as Gestalts can no longer prolong their descent to madness and Replicants cannot reproduce.
Source: Humanity's Wake
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Generation and Descent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/descent/generation
Descent & Generation. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/descent/generation>.
Generation or Descent. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/descent/generation.
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