decadencyn.
/ˈdɛkədənsi//dɪˈkeɪdənsi/ Decaying condition: also = decadence n.
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society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [noun]
degeneration?1481
declining1526
declination1533
depravation1561
villainy1564
declension1597
depravedness1623
decadency1632
degenerateness1640
depravity1643
depravement1645
degradation1663
degeneracy1664
degenerousness1678
marasmus1681
debasednessa1720
decadencea1734
demoralization1797
downgrade1857
decadentism1949
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [noun] > state or condition
ebbc1400
decayc1460
witheredness1535
decadencec1550
autumn1590
fall1590
dotage1606
twilight1609
pejority1615
decadency1632
atrophy1653
effeteness1862
wallow1934
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 132 The infirmitie and decadency of the King.
1685 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Άνεκδοτα Ὲτερουιακα 239 During the decaydency and restauration of the Roman empire.
1778 Ann. Reg. 1777 Misc. Ess. 189/2 The causes of the decadency of an empire.
1779 H. Swinburne Trav. Spain xliv. (T.) Burgos..long since abandoned by its princes to obscurity and decadency.
1812 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 34 14 Of a cadaverous man the decay, of a paralytic man the decadency, is sensible.
1844 Fraser's Mag. 29 313 He enumerated all the causes of the Spanish decadency.
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