See decadence on Wiktionary
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{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "iḍmiḥlāl",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اضمحلال"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "ankum",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "անկում"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "ankumaynutʻyun",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "անկումայնություն"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "dekadéntstvo",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "декаде́нтство"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "upádăk",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "упа́дък"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "decadència"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "duòluò",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "墮落 /堕落"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "fǔxiǔ",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "腐朽"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "tuífèi",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "頹廢 /颓废"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"lang_code": "kw",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "legryas"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dekadence"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "úpadek"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dekadence"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "forfald"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "dekadenco"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "dekadenssi"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "moraalinen mädännäisyys"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "décadence"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "décadentisme"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "deḳadenṭoba",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "დეკადენტობა"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "dacema",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "დაცემა"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "daḳnineba",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "დაკნინება"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "dakveiteba",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "დაქვეითება"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Dekadenz"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "katáptosi",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κατάπτωση"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "kraipáli",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κραιπάλη"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "girāvaṭ",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "गिरावट"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "hrās",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "ह्रास"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "hrāsonmukhtā",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "ह्रासोन्मुखता"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "kṣayiṣṇutā",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "क्षयिष्णुता"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "patan",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "पतन"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "hanyatlás"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meath"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "decadenza"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "decadentismo"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "dekadansu",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "デカダンス"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"alt": "たいはい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "taihai",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "退廃"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"lang_code": "kk",
"roman": "dekadentšildik",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "декадентшілдік"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"lang_code": "kk",
"roman": "dekadenttik",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "декаденттік"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "dekadangseu",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "데카당스"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"alt": "頹廢",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "toepye",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "퇴폐"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"lang_code": "lt",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "núosmukis"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "dekadéncija",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "декаде́нција"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "propáǵanje",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пропа́ѓање"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dekadanse"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dekadanse"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "decadência"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "decadență"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "dɛkadáns",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "декада́нс"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "dɛkadɛ́ntstvo",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "декаде́нтство"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "upádničestvo",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "упа́дничество"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "upádočničestvo",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "упа́дочничество"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "upádok",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "упа́док"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "декадѐнција"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "декада̀нса"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"feminine"
],
"word": "dekadèncija"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"feminine"
],
"word": "dekadànsa"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"neuter"
],
"word": "propadanje"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"lang_code": "sl",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dekadenca"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "decadencia"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dekadans"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "förfall"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "kwaam-sʉ̀ʉam-soom",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "ความเสื่อมโทรม"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "dekadáns",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "декада́нс"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "dekadéntstvo",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "декаде́нтство"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 45 2 8",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
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"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "décadence"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "décadentisme"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "deḳadenṭoba",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "დეკადენტობა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "dacema",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "დაცემა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "daḳnineba",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "დაკნინება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "dakveiteba",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "დაქვეითება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Dekadenz"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "katáptosi",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κατάπτωση"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "kraipáli",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κραιπάλη"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "girāvaṭ",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "गिरावट"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "hrās",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "ह्रास"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "hrāsonmukhtā",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "ह्रासोन्मुखता"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "kṣayiṣṇutā",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "क्षयिष्णुता"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "patan",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "पतन"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "hanyatlás"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meath"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "decadenza"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "decadentismo"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "dekadansu",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "デカダンス"
},
{
"alt": "たいはい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "taihai",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "退廃"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"lang_code": "kk",
"roman": "dekadentšildik",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "декадентшілдік"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"lang_code": "kk",
"roman": "dekadenttik",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "декаденттік"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "dekadangseu",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "데카당스"
},
{
"alt": "頹廢",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "toepye",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "퇴폐"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"lang_code": "lt",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "núosmukis"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "dekadéncija",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "декаде́нција"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "propáǵanje",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пропа́ѓање"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dekadanse"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dekadanse"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "decadência"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "decadență"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "dɛkadáns",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "декада́нс"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "dɛkadɛ́ntstvo",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "декаде́нтство"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "upádničestvo",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "упа́дничество"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "upádočničestvo",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "упа́дочничество"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "upádok",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "упа́док"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "декадѐнција"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "декада̀нса"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"feminine"
],
"word": "dekadèncija"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"feminine"
],
"word": "dekadànsa"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"neuter"
],
"word": "propadanje"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"lang_code": "sl",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dekadenca"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "decadencia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dekadans"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "förfall"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "kwaam-sʉ̀ʉam-soom",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"word": "ความเสื่อมโทรม"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "dekadáns",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "декада́нс"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "dekadéntstvo",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "декаде́нтство"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "zanepádnyctvo",
"sense": "process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; the bad state which has been reached; an instance of this — see also decay, deterioration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "занепа́дництво"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "age or period of time when art, literature, etc., is regarded as having declined",
"word": "dekadentti aika"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "age or period of time when art, literature, etc., is regarded as having declined",
"word": "mädännäisyyden aika"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"The Romans in their Decadence",
"Thomas Couture"
],
"word": "decadence"
}
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