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Definitions of decadence in various dictionaries:
noun - the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
A process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline, as in morals or art; decay.
Often Decadence.
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| A period of decline in morals or art, or just a typical weekend for me |
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| moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury. |
| the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities |
| Moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury. |
| A process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline, as in morals or art decay. |
| A literary movement especially of late 19th-century France and England characterized by refined aestheticism, artifice, and the quest for new sensations. |
| low moral standards and behaviour: |
| a state of low standards in a society social decay |
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The word decadence, which at first meant simply "decline" in an abstract sense, is now most often used to refer to a perceived decay in standards, morals, dignity, religious faith, or skill at governing among the members of the elite of a very large social structure, such as an empire or nation state. By extension, it may refer to a decline in art, literature, science, technology, and work ethics, or (very loosely) to self-indulgent behavior. * Usage of the term sometimes implies moral censure, or an acceptance of the idea, met with throughout the world since ancient times, that such declines are objectively observable and that they inevitably precede the destruction of the society in question; for this reason, modern historians use it with caution. The word originated in Medieval Latin (dcadentia), appeared in 16th-century French, and entered English soon afterwards. It bore the neutral meaning of decay, decrease, or decline until the late 19th century, when the influence of new theorie |