Meaning of decadence | Babel Free

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1. A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay
2. Descent to a lower level or condition:atrophy, declension, declination, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, deterioration.
3. The quality of being luxuriously self-indulgent.
   countable, uncountable
4. The quality of being luxuriously self-indulgent
5. a decadent young man. dekadent, in verval, agteruitgaande مُنْحَط، مُنْحَل декадентство decadente dekadentní, zpustlý dekadent dekadent διεφθαρμένοςdecadente moraalselt laostunud فاسد؛ فرومایه turmeltunut décadent אָדָם בְּמָצַב יָרוּד पतनशील koji propada, koji opada dekadens dekaden spilltur decadente 退廃した 퇴폐적인 pagedęs, puolęs pagrimis mundur decadent, genotziekdekadentzepsuty, zdemoralizowany فاسد decadente decadent, vicios испорченный dekadentný propadajoč dekadentan dekadent, förfallen ทร...
6. A process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline, as in morals or art; decay.
7. often Decadence A literary movement especially of late 19th-century France and England characterized by refined aestheticism, artifice, and the quest for new sensations.
8. deterioration, esp of morality or culture; decay; degeneration
9. the state reached through such a process
10. the act or process of falling into decay; deterioration.
11. moral degeneration.
12. n → Dekadenz f
    n
13. a falling from high to low standards in morals or the arts. the decadence of the late Roman empire. verval, agteruitgang, dekadensie إنْحِطاط، إنْحِلال упадък decadência úpadek der Niedergang dekadence παρακμήdecadencia allakäik انحطاط؛ تنزل rappio décadenceירידה पतन moralno propadanje hanyatlás kemerosotan hnignun, úrkynjun decadenza 退廃 쇠퇴 smukimas, dekadansas pagrimums; (mākslā) dekadence mundur decadentiedekadanse, forfall dekadencja, upadek زوال، سقوط، فساد decadência deca­denţă декадентс...

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Examples

“"Stability, however, is not enough. It leads too easily to stagnation, and thence to decadence."”

“the decadence of a five-star hotel”

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