degenerationism

noun

Etymology

From degeneration + -ism.

  1. derived from dēgenerātiō
  2. derived from dégénération
  3. suffixed as degenerationism — “degeneration + ism

Definitions

  1. A theory stating that human conditions such as disease and savagery represent a reversion…

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

The neighborhood

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