Hyphenation of DEGENERATION

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word DEGENERATION? This word can be hyphenated and contains 5 syllables as shown below.

DE-GEN-ER-A-TION

Definitions of DEGENERATION:

1.	The process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
2.	The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
3.	Passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form

Synonyms of DEGENERATION:

noun	devolution, process
noun	degeneracy, decadence, decadency, abasement, degradation, abjection
noun	retrogression, transformation, transmutation, shift

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