decadence

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay
2. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being luxuriously self-indulgent.

Synonyms

decadency

degeneration

decline

decay

deterioration

degeneracy

ebb tide

laxness

corruption

change for the worse

waning

wane

worsening

subsidence

twilight

weak

end-stage

declining fortunes

depression

baseness

to-fall

degradation

depravity

end

🔚

evil

fall

falling off

immorality

languish

prostration

rotten

sag

slump

Translations

Dekadenz

décadence

Verfall

decadencia

decadenza

παρακμή

decadência

çöküş

Niedergang

decadència

Entartung

verval

decadentismo

decadentie

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɛkədəns/

Etymology

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