Art
There was an art movement called decadent art in the 1880s which had elements considered by critics as degenerate.
Max Nordau's book Entartung (1892) was rendered in English as Degeneration. Nordau blamed modern social phenomena for creating pathological conditions under which unacceptable art was produced. The artists who produced such art were diagnosed as "degenerate," which was a medical term referring to certain mental states caused by social forces.
The Nazis also used the concept of degeneration in art, banning "degenerate" (entartete) art and music: see degenerate art.
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