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In Alexey Severtzov's [[typology]] of the [[evolution]] directions this term is used in an ethically neutral way; it denotes such an evolutionary [[transformation]] that is accompanied by a decrease in [complexity], as apposed to aromorphosis (accompanied by increase in [[complexity]], cp. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anagenesis anagenesis]), and idioadaptation (this term designates such an evolutionary transformation that is accompanied by neither a decrease nor increase in complexity, cp. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cladogenesis cladogenesis]) (see, e.g., Korotayev 2004).
In Alexey Severtzov's [[typology]] of the [[evolution]] directions this term is used in an ethically neutral way; it denotes such an evolutionary [[transformation]] that is accompanied by a decrease in [complexity], as apposed to aromorphosis (accompanied by increase in [[complexity]], cp. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anagenesis anagenesis]), and idioadaptation (this term designates such an evolutionary transformation that is accompanied by neither a decrease nor increase in complexity, cp. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cladogenesis cladogenesis]) (see, e.g., Korotayev 2004).
==See also==
==See also==
*'''''[[Decadence]]'''''
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysgenics Dysgenics]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysgenics Dysgenics]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societal_collapse Societal collapse]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societal_collapse Societal collapse]
==References==
==References==
# A. Herman (1997). "The Idea of Decline in Western History". 110–113.
# A. Herman (1997). "The Idea of Decline in Western History". 110–113.