- 1having moral standards that have fallen to a level that is very low and unacceptable to most people a degenerate popular culture
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- 2(technology) having returned to a simple structure; lacking something that is usually present
NAmE//dɪˈdʒɛnərəsi//
noun [uncountable] The movie is full of scenes of crime and degeneracy.See degenerate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: degenerate