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  • 41decadence — I. Decadence, Cherchez Dechoir. II. Mes biens vont en decadence, Delabitur res mea familiaris. Tombant en decadence, Caducus …

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  • 42decadence — dec|a|dence [ dekədəns ] noun uncount 1. ) behavior that is considered immoral because it concentrates too much on pleasure: a life of sexual decadence 2. ) so much pleasure that it almost seems morally wrong: Eating like that every night is pure …

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  • 43decadence — noun 1) the decadence of modern society Syn: dissipation, degeneracy, debauchery, corruption, depravity, vice, sin, moral decay, immorality; immoderateness, intemperance, licentiousness, self indulgence, hedonism Ant …

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  • 44decadence — UK [ˈdekəd(ə)ns] / US [ˈdekədəns] noun [uncountable] 1) behaviour that is considered immoral because it concentrates too much on pleasure a life of sexual decadence 2) so much pleasure that it almost seems morally wrong Eating like that every… …

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  • 45decadence — /dek euh deuhns, di kayd ns/, n. 1. 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. 2. moral degeneration or decay;… …

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  • 46decadence — noun A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay Stability, however, is not enough. It leads too easily to stagnation, and thence to decadence. See Also: decadent, decay …

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  • 47decadence — dec|a|dence [ˈdekədəns] n [U] [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: décadence, from Latin decadere to fall, sink ] behaviour that shows that someone has low moral standards and is more concerned with pleasure than serious matters …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 48decadence — [ dɛkəd(ə)ns] noun 1》 the process or manifestation of moral or cultural decline. 2》 luxurious self indulgence. Origin C16: from Fr. décadence, from med. L. decadentia; related to decay …

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  • 49decadence — noun (U) the state of having low moral standards and being more concerned with pleasure than with serious matters: the corruption and decadence of the nobility …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 50decadence — /ˈdɛkədəns / (say dekuhduhns) noun 1. the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state, especially moral; decay; deterioration. 2. luxurious self indulgence: we were looking forward to the decadence of a weekend on the yacht.… …