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decadence

noun
/ˈdɛkədəns/UK

Etymology

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

  1. derived from decadentia
  2. derived from décadence

Definitions

  1. A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration

    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. The quality of being luxuriously self-indulgent.

    • the decadence of a five-star hotel

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