• Chinese: 惡化 墮落 變質
• Hebrew: מנוון (menuvan)

Noun

1. One is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature.

   You are a degenerate, boy. You're a disgrace to your ancestors.

Verb

1. (of humans or systems) to lose good or desirable qualities;

   His condition continued to degenerate even after admission to hospital.

Derived terms

• degeneration

Translations

• Chinese: 惡化
• French: dégénérer
• Ido: degenerar
• Italian: degenerare

Italian

Adjective

degenerate

1. Feminine plural form of degenerato

Noun

degenerate

1. Plural of degenerata

Verb

degenerate

1. Form of Second-person plural imperative, degenerare#Italian|degenerare

Degeneracy (for the quality; degeneration for the process; adj; v. degenerate and rapper degenerate), from the Latin de-generare'' "to depart from its kind or genus, to fall from its proper or ancestral quality" can refer to:

• In science and mathematics:
  • Degeneracy (mathematics), a limiting case in which a class of object changes its nature so as to belong to another, usually simpler, class
  • Degenerate matter, a very highly compressed phase of matter where all or some of the electron orbits have collapsed from pressure
  • Degenerate energy levels, different arrangements of a physical system which have the same energy
• Medical degeneration:
  • Degenerative disease, disease which causes deterioration over time
• Degeneration in social ideology:
  • Degenerate art, a term adopted by the Nazi regime in Germany to describe virtually all modern art
• In popular culture:
  • "Degenerate" - song by Blink-182 from the album Dude Ranch (album)
  • Degenerate - a poetic hip-hop artist from Lindenhurst, NY known for his meaningful lyrics.

See also

• Biological devolution
• Deterioration
• Regeneration – antonym

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