GERMAN · C2WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

die Entartung

pathological cellular or tissue change (a medical term that can include loss of normal cell characteristics or malignant transformation, depending on context)

Im Gespräch fragte sie nach der Bedeutung von Entartung, weil sie den medizinischen Begriff im Befund nicht ohne Erklärung einordnen konnte.

During the conversation, she asked what abnormal cellular or tissue change meant, because she could not make sense of the medical term in the report without an explanation.

alleged degeneracy (a disparaging label, used by the Nazis to vilify and exclude modern art)

Die Ausstellung zeigte, wie der Vorwurf der Entartung dazu diente, Künstler auszugrenzen, deren Arbeiten nicht in das gewünschte Weltbild passten.

The exhibition showed how accusations of degeneracy were used to exclude artists whose work did not fit the desired worldview.

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