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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dec•a•dence /ˈdɛkədəns/USA pronunciation also ˈdec•a•den•cy, n. [uncountable]- the act or process of falling into decay;
deterioration or decline:A long period of decadence came at the end of the empire.
See -cad-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dec•a•dence (dek′ə dəns, di kād′ns),USA pronunciation n. - the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration;
decay:Some historians hold that the fall of Rome can be attributed to internal decadence. - moral degeneration or decay;
turpitude. - unrestrained or excessive self-indulgence.
- Literature(often cap.) the decadent movement in literature.
Also, dec•a•den•cy (dek′ə dən sē, di kād′n-).USA pronunciation - Medieval Latin dēcadentia, equivalent. to Late Latin dēcadent- (stem of dēcadēns), present participle of dēcadere to fall away (de- de- +cad(ere) to fall + -ent- -ent) + -ia noun, nominal suffix; see -ence
- Middle French
- 1540–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged degeneration, retrogression, decline.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: decadence /ˈdɛkədəns/, decadency n - deterioration, esp of morality or culture; decay; degeneration
- the state reached through such a process
Etymology: 16th Century: from French, from Medieval Latin dēcadentia, literally: a falling away; see decay |