degeneration
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Noun
- The process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
- The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
- Passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "degeneration".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | description | 3 | 54 |
| 2 | distinction | 3 | 41 |
| 3 | destruction | 3 | 38 |
| 4 | disposition | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | destination | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | deformation | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | designation | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | dissociation | 5 | 4 |
| 9 | delineation | 5 | 3 |
| 10 | distillation | 4 | 3 |
| 11 | distraction | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | deceleration | 5 | 2 |
| 13 | degradation | 4 | 2 |
| 14 | deliberation | 5 | 2 |
| 15 | demarcation | 4 | 2 |
| 16 | dereliction | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | devastation | 4 | 2 |
| 18 | dehydration | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | deification | 5 | 1 |
| 20 | deprivation | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | desecration | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | disaffection | 4 | 1 |
| 23 | dislocation | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | deportation | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | depravation | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | depredation | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | destitution | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | dimunition | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | dysfunction | 3 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "degeneration".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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| 1 | generation | 4 | 55 |
| 2 | generations | 4 | 23 |
| 3 | penetration | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | generating | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | desperation | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | designation | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | veneration | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | deceleration | 5 | 2 |
| 9 | exoneration | 5 | 2 |
| 10 | regeneration | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | regenerating | 5 | 1 |
| 12 | generation's | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | enumeration | 5 | 1 |
| 14 | desecration | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | degenerating | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | defenestration | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | generational | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | degenerative | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | cogeneration | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | degenerate | 4 | 0 |
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "degeneration".
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Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 29
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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