decadence
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- 18
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- 9
Definition of decadence
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(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
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(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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(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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