decadence

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈdɛkədəns/(UK)

Definition of decadence

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay
    “"Stability, however, is not enough. It leads too easily to stagnation, and thence to decadence."”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay
    “"Stability, however, is not enough. It leads too easily to stagnation, and thence to decadence."”
  2. (countable, uncountable)The quality of being luxuriously self-indulgent.
    “the decadence of a five-star hotel”

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Etymology

From French décadence, from Medieval Latin decadentia (“decay”), from *decadens (“decaying”), present participle of *decadere (“to decay”); see decay.

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