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degenerationism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-gen-er-a-tionism
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A theory stating that human conditions such as disease and savagery represent a reversion to an earlier evolutionary stage.

Uncountable

Etymology

From degeneration + -ism.

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Usage

Frequently Paired Words

degenerationist

Questions

What does degenerationism mean?
A theory stating that human conditions such as disease and savagery represent a reversion to an earlier evolutionary stage.
Where does degenerationism come from?
From degeneration + -ism.

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