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View usage for: decadence in British English (ˈdɛkədəns) or decadency noun1. deterioration, esp of morality or culture; decay; degeneration 2. the state reached through such a process Word origin C16: from French, from Medieval Latin dēcadentia, literally: a falling away; see decaydecadence in American English (ˈdɛkədəns; also dɪˈkeɪdəns) noun a process, condition, or period of decline, as in morals, art, literature, etc.; deterioration; decay : also ˈdecadency (ˈdɛkədənsi) Word origin Fr décadence, a falling away < ML decadentia < prp. of VL * decadere, to fall away < L de-, from + cadere, to fall: see case 1Examples of 'decadence' in a sentencedecadence Synonyms of 'decadence'degeneration, decline, corruption, fall More Synonyms of decadence Definition a decline in morality or culture a prime example of the decadence of the age Synonyms fall perversion dissipation retrogression Additional synonymsDefinition the act of corrupting morally or sexually It was a society sinking into corruption and vice. Synonyms depravity, vice, evil, degradation, perversion, decadence, impurity, wickedness, degeneration, immorality, iniquity, profligacy, viciousness, sinfulness, turpitude (formal), basenessinstances of domination and debasement Synonyms degradation, corruption, perversion, abasement, baseness, depravityproblems of urban decay Synonyms decline, collapse, deterioration, failing, fading, decadence, degeneration, degeneracy- debtor
- debunk
- debut
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- decamp
- decant
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