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单词 decadence
释义 decadence
 /dek"euh deuhns, di kayd"ns/,  n.  
  1. the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay: Some historians hold that the fall of Rome can be attributed to internal decadence.
  2. moral degeneration or decay; turpitude.
  3. unrestrained or excessive self-indulgence.
  4. (often cap.) the decadent movement in literature.
 Also, decadency /dek"euh deuhn see, di kayd"n-/.
 [1540-50; < MF < ML decadentia, equiv. to LL decadent- (s. of decadens), prp. of decadere to fall away (de- DE- +cad(ere) to fall + -ent- -ENT) + -ia n. suffix; see -ENCE]
 Syn. 1. degeneration, retrogression, decline.
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