Feminine

decadenza

Meaning

  1. (feminine) decline, decay (deterioration of condition)
  2. (feminine) decadence (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration)

Frequency

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Hyphenated as
de‧ca‧dèn‧za
Pronounced as (IPA)
/de.kaˈdɛn.t͡sa/
Etymology

From decadere + -enza, based on the example of French décadence. Cf. also Late Latin decadentia.

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