decadence
noun /ˈdekədəns/
/ˈdekədəns/
[uncountable] (disapproving)- behaviour, attitudes, etc. that show a fall in standards, especially moral ones, and an interest in pleasure and fun rather than more serious things
- the decadence of modern Western society
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French décadence, from medieval Latin decadentia; related to decay.