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degeneration
Overview of noun degeneration
The noun degeneration has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) degeneration, devolution -- (the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality)
2. degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency -- (the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities)
3. degeneration, retrogression -- (passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun degeneration
3 senses of degeneration
Sense 1
degeneration, devolution
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency
=> abasement, degradation, abjection
=> humiliation
=> shame, disgrace, ignominy
=> dishonor, dishonour
=> standing
=> status, position
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
degeneration, retrogression
=> transformation, transmutation, shift
=> change, alteration, modification
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun degeneration
2 of 3 senses of degeneration
Sense 1
degeneration, devolution
=> attack
=> macular degeneration
=> obsolescence
Sense 3
degeneration, retrogression
=> abiotrophy
=> cataplasia
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun degeneration
3 senses of degeneration
Sense 1
degeneration, devolution
=> process, physical process
Sense 2
degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency
=> abasement, degradation, abjection
Sense 3
degeneration, retrogression
=> transformation, transmutation, shift
Antonyms of noun degeneration
Member Holonyms of noun degeneration
Substance Holonyms of noun degeneration
Part Holonyms of noun degeneration
Member Meronyms of noun degeneration
Substance Meronyms of noun degeneration
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Meronyms of noun degeneration
Holonyms of noun degeneration
Attributes of noun degeneration
Derived Forms of noun degeneration
2 of 3 senses of degeneration
Sense 1
degeneration, devolution
RELATED TO>(verb) degenerate#1
=> devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate
Sense 2
degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency
RELATED TO>(verb) degenerate#1
=> devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate
Domain of noun degeneration
Domain Terms of noun degeneration
Familiarity of noun degeneration
degeneration used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun degeneration
3 senses of degeneration
Sense 1
degeneration, devolution
> process, physical process
=> phenomenon
=> chelation
=> dealignment
=> decrease, decrement
=> degeneration, devolution
=> development, evolution
=> economic process
=> encapsulation
=> execution, instruction execution
=> human process
=> increase, increment, growth
=> industrial process
=> irreversible process
=> iteration, looping
=> iteration, loop
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> operation, functioning, performance
=> organic process, biological process
=> photography
=> processing
=> reversible process
=> sensitization, sensitisation
=> shaping, defining
=> variation
Sense 2
degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency
> abasement, degradation, abjection
=> degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency
=> depth
Sense 3
degeneration, retrogression
> transformation, transmutation, shift
=> improvement, betterment, advance
=> population shift
=> pyrolysis
=> sea change
=> sublimation
=> tin pest, tin disease, tin plague
=> conversion, transition, changeover
=> degeneration, retrogression
=> strengthening
=> weakening
Meronyms of noun degeneration
3 senses of degeneration
Holonyms of noun degeneration
Grep of noun degeneration
degeneration
hepatolenticular degeneration
macular degeneration
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