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decadence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈdɛkədəns/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (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." 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 35:
2. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being luxuriously self-indulgent.
   • the decadence of a five-star hotel

Forms

Relateds

decadent · deciduous

Translations (64)

es decadencia (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · sh dekadansa (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · ru декада́нс (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · ka დაქვეითება (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · ru упа́док (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · cmn 墮落 /堕落 (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · mk пропа́ѓање (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · ru упа́дничество (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · ka დეკადენტობა (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · it decadentismo (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · lt núosmukis (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · uk декада́нс (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · cs úpadek (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · el κατάπτωση (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · sl dekadenca (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · fr décadentisme (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · ka დაცემა (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · kk декаденттік (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · ko 데카당스 (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · ja デカダンス (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · sh propadanje (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · kw legryas (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · sh dekadencija (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · ar اضمحلال (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · da dekadence (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · sv dekadans (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · hi पतन (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · pt decadência (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · it decadenza (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · hi गिरावट (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · ga meath (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · kk декадентшілдік (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · fi dekadenssi (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · hy անկումայնություն (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · da forfald (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · ja 退廃 (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · fr décadence (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · ka დაკნინება (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · hy անկում (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · bg упа́дък (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · ca decadència (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · uk занепа́дництво (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · mk декаде́нција (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · hi क्षयिष्णुता (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · uk декаде́нтство (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · cs dekadence (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · fi moraalinen mädännäisyys (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · hi ह्रास (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · sv förfall (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · ro decadență (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · eo dekadenco (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · nb dekadanse (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · cmn 頹廢 /颓废 (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · ru декаде́нтство (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · th ความเสื่อมโทรม (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · hu hanyatlás (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · de Dekadenz (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · bg декаде́нтство (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · el κραιπάλη (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · ko 퇴폐 (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · hi ह्रासोन्मुखता (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · nn dekadanse (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · ru упа́дочничество (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration) · cmn 腐朽 (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration)