catogenicadj.

/katəˈdʒɛnɪk/Etymology: modern < Greek κάτω downwards + γένος race, kind, sort + -ic suffix.
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > decomposed > relating to decomposition
1878 P. H. Lawrence tr. B. von Cotta (new ed.) 336 Regarding the red hematites as products of catogenic transmutation from brown hematite.
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