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[syn: degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Decadence \De*ca"dence\, Decadency \De*ca"den*cy\, n. [LL.
decadentia; L. de- + cadere to fall: cf. F. d['e]cadence. See
Decay.]
A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. "The old
castle, where the family lived in their decadence." --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
decadence
n 1: the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
[syn: degeneracy, degeneration, decadence,
decadency]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "decadence":
abandon, abandonment, abjection, comedown, corruptedness,
corruption, corruptness, debasement, decadency, decadent, decayed,
declension, declination, decline, deformation, degeneracy,
degenerate, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation,
demoralization, demotion, depravation, depravedness, depravity,
depreciation, derogation, descent, deterioration, devolution,
dissoluteness, downfall, downgrade, downtrend, downturn,
downward mobility, downward trend, drop, dying, ebb, effeteness,
fading, failing, failure, failure of nerve, fall, falling-off,
involution, lapse, loss of tone, moral pollution, moral turpitude,
overripe, profligacy, regress, regression, reprobacy, retrocession,
retrogradation, retrogression, rottenness, slippage, slump,
turpitude, wane