degeneracy
de·ge·ne·racy
noun
1.
the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
2.
moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
- “the luxury and corruption among the upper classes”
- “moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration”
- “its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity”
- “Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction”
Origin
From degener(ate) + -acy.
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