degenerationism
A theory stating that human conditions such as disease and savagery represent a…A theory stating that human conditions such as disease and savagery represent a reversion to an earlier evolutionary stage.
Meaning
1 senses(historical, uncountable)A theory stating that human conditions such as disease and savagery represent a reversion to an earlier evolutionary stage.
Origin
From degeneration + -ism.From degeneration + -ism.
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Word family
1 related wordsRelateddegenerationist
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable