Decadence - English meaning

ˈdek.ə.dəns

Decadence – definitions in English dictionary

noun
Moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury.
Usage examples:
He denounced western decadence
Synonims:
Dissipation Dissoluteness Degeneracy Debauchery Corruption Depravity Loucheness Vice Sinfulness Perversion Moral decay Immorality Lack of morals Lack of principles Lack of restraint Lack of c

noun
A state of low standards in a society; social decay
Usage examples:
The us was widely condemned as a decadent society.

noun
Low moral standards and behaviour
Usage examples:
Western decadence

Decadence translation into English

Decadence: translate from English into Chinese

颓废, 衰落

Decadence: translate from English into Dutch

Decadentie, Verval, Achteruitgang

Decadence: translate from English into French

Décadence

Decadence: translate from English into German

Dekadenz, Fäulnis

Decadence: translate from English into Hindi

पतन, अवनति, ह्रास, बिगड़ जाना, नाश, क्षय, बिगड़ना, अधोगति, और भी ख़राब होना, ह्रासऐ पतन, गिरावट, ह्रासोन्मुखता

Decadence: translate from English into Italian

Decadenza

Decadence: translate from English into Korean

쇠미

Decadence: translate from English into Russian

Декаданс, Упадок, Декадентство, Упадочничество, Ухудшение

Decadence: translate from English into Spanish

Decadencia, Caída

Word origin

mid 16th century: from French décadence, from medieval Latin decadentia ; related to decay.

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Decadence – similar words

decad

noun
A group or set of ten.

Decad - all meanings in English

Decadence synonims

corruption

noun
Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.
Usage examples:
The journalist who wants to expose corruption in high places

noun
Dishonest or illegal behaviour involving a person in a position of power, for example, accepting money for doing something illegal or immoral
Usage examples:
He was a member of the team looking into allegations of corruption in the local government building…

Corruption - all meanings in English

debauchery

noun
Excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol, or drugs.
Usage examples:
A long weekend at the seaside means drinking, drugging & general debauchery, yes?

noun
Bad sexual behaviour, drinking too much alcohol, taking drugs, etc.
Usage examples:
A life of debauchery

Debauchery - all meanings in English

degeneracy

noun
The state or quality of being degenerate.
Usage examples:
The degeneracy of later roman work

noun
Behaviour that shows very low moral standards
Usage examples:
He wrote about the moral degeneracy that accompanies the accumulation of wealth.

Degeneracy - all meanings in English

depravity

noun
Moral corruption; wickedness.
Usage examples:
A tale of depravity hard to credit

noun
The state of being morally bad, or an action that is morally bad

Depravity - all meanings in English

dissipation

noun
Overindulgence in sensual pleasures; dissipated living.
Usage examples:
A descent into drunkenness and sexual dissipation

noun
The process of gradually disappearing
Usage examples:
He sees a growing dissipation of our cultural values., scientists say the dissipation of the el niñ…

Dissipation - all meanings in English

dissoluteness

noun
A way of living that people strongly disapprove of because it is morally bad
Usage examples:
She thanked him lovingly for having put a stop to the dissoluteness of her life., great dissolutene…

Dissoluteness - all meanings in English

immorality

noun
The state or quality of being immoral; wickedness.
Usage examples:
He believed his father had been punished by god for his immorality

Immorality - all meanings in English

perversion

noun
Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something.
Usage examples:
The thing which most disturbed him was the perversion of language and truth

noun
Sexual behavior that is considered unnatural and morally wrong
Usage examples:
[ c ] what we’re being shown here is not normal family life, it’s a perversion of that.

Perversion - all meanings in English

sinfulness

noun
Behaviour that is against the rules of a religion or morally wrong
Usage examples:
He becomes obsessed with his parents' apparent sinfulness., she regrets her life of sinfulness and …

Sinfulness - all meanings in English

vice

noun
Immoral or wicked behaviour.
Usage examples:
An open sewer of vice and crime

preposition
As a substitute for.
Usage examples:
The letter was drafted by david hunt, vice bevin who was ill

noun
A metal tool with movable jaws which are used to hold an object firmly in place while work is done on it, typically attached to a workbench.
Usage examples:
Hold the rail in the vice

Vice - all meanings in English

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