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SELF-IMPROVEMENT Antonyms

There are 8 antonyms of the word self-improvement. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For SELF-IMPROVEMENT

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decay
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the process of gradually becoming inferior

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• the organic phenomenon of rotting

• an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying

• the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation

verb

• lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

• fall into decay or ruin

• undergo decay or decomposition

decline
verb, nounv, n
noun

• change toward something smaller or lower

• a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• a downward slope or bend

verb

• grow worse

• not accept as true

• show unwillingness towards

• grow smaller

• go down

• fall in value

• inflect for number, gender, case, etc.

degeneration
nounn
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

descent
nounn
noun

• a movement downward

• properties attributable to your ancestry

• the act of changing your location in a downward direction

• the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

• a downward slope or bend

• the hereditary derivation of an individual

deterioration
nounn
noun

• a symptom of reduced quality or strength

• process of changing to an inferior state

regression
nounn
noun

• an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state

• the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)

• returning to a former state

retrogression
nounn
noun

• passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form

• returning to a former state

worsening
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective

• changing for the worse

noun

• process of changing to an inferior state

• changing something with the result that it becomes worse

Alternatives for DECAY

Alternatives for DECLINE

Alternatives for DEGENERATION

Alternatives for DESCENT

Alternatives for DETERIORATION

Alternatives for REGRESSION

Alternatives for RETROGRESSION

Alternatives for WORSENING

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