Word: degenerationist
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: de
gen
er
a
tion
ist
Definition: One who believes in the theory of degenerationism. A theory stating that human conditions such as disease and savagery represent a reversion to an earlier evolutionary stage.
Morphemes:
Affix: de-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: reversal, undoing, removing
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dē-
Language: la
Decoded: de-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: de-
Affix: generate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To procreate, beget.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: generātus
Language: la
Decoded: generatus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: begotten, fathered, having been fathered.
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: a state or condition
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.
Affix: -ist
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: one who has a certain ideology or set of beliefs;
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ίζω
Language: grc
Decoded: -izo
Meaning: -ize, -ise
Affix: -τής
Language: grc
Decoded: -tes
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: With -ύζω verbs.