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Degeneracy
The word
degeneracy
has more than one meaning:
In general, "degeneracy" means "reverting to an earlier, simpler, state"
In
mathematics
, a limiting case in which a class of object changes its nature so as to belong to another, usually simpler, class. See
mathematical degeneracy
.
In
physics
, the mathematical meaning applies, and also see
degenerate matter
.
The term "moral degeneracy" is sometimes used, based on the concept of
atavism
.
The Nazis described
modernist
art as "
degenerate art
".
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