degeneration

Other forms of degeneration

plural

degenerations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about degeneration

What does degeneration mean?

degeneration means "the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in degeneration?

degeneration has 5 syllables: de-gen-e-ra-tion. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /dɪˌdʒɛnɚˈeɪʃən/.

What is another word for degeneration?

Close synonyms include devolution, degeneracy, decadence, decadency, retrogression. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is degeneration a common word?

degeneration is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with degeneration?

133 words rhyme with degeneration. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.