degeneracy
Example Sentences
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Elizabeth is also the conscience of the piece, befriending the Creature and being alternately attracted to Victor and repulsed by what she sees as his moral degeneracy—never mind his abdication of parental responsibility.
It would be unfair to place the sole blame for the degeneracy of civil norms on one segment of the public.
From Salon
Naturally, as the five of us have grown and dabbled in our own intermittent spates of degeneracy, we’ve become more privy to our parents' young adult lore.
From Salon
When the scientists saw the lifting of Kramers spin degeneracy, accompanied by the vanishing net magnetisation, they knew they were looking at an altermagnet.
From Science Daily
Normally a quantum mechanical property called degeneracy pressure makes the electrons resist compression, adding support to the core.
From Scientific American
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