decadence

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 External links

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[edit] Etymology

From French décadence < Mediaeval Latin decadentia (“‘decay’”) < Mediaeval Latin *decadens (“‘decaying’”), ppr. of *decadere (“‘to decay’”); see decay.

[edit] Noun

decadence (countable and uncountable; plural decadences)

1. A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay
   • 1956 — Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 35

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

[edit] Related terms

• decadent
• decay

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• decadence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• decadence in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911