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Definition: DEGENERATIONIST

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. 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.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Degenerationist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: DEGENERATIONIST

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. 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.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "DEGENERATIONIST" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)