"degenerationist" meaning in English

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          "text": "The degenerationists hold that savagery is the result of degeneration from a superior state."
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        "One who believes in the theory of degenerationism."
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        "(biology, historical) One who believes in the theory of degenerationism."
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        "(biology, historical) One who believes in the theory of degenerationism."
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