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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Degenerationist

· De·gen·er·a·tion·ist · IPA
01 n. A believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditary degradation of type; as, the degenerationists hold that savagery is the result of d…
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    A believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditary degradation of type; as, the degenerationists hold that savagery is the result of degeneration from a superior state.(Biol.)