"decadence" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɛkədəns/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-decadence.wav [Southern-England] Forms: decadences [plural]
Etymology: From French décadence, from Medieval Latin decadentia (“decay”), from *decadens (“decaying”), present participle of *decadere (“to decay”); see decay. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱh₂d-}}, {{der|en|fr|décadence}} French décadence, {{der|en|ML.|decadentia||decay}} Medieval Latin decadentia (“decay”), {{m|la||*decadens|decaying}} *decadens (“decaying”), {{m|la||*decadere|to decay}} *decadere (“to decay”), {{m|en|decay}} decay Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} decadence (countable and uncountable, plural decadences)
  1. A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration): اضمحلال (iḍmiḥlāl) [masculine] (Arabic), անկումայնություն (ankumaynutʿyun) (Armenian), անկում (ankum) (Armenian), упа́дък (upádǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), декаде́нтство (dekadéntstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), decadència [feminine] (Catalan), 腐朽 (fǔxiǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 墮落 (Chinese Mandarin), 堕落 (duòluò) (Chinese Mandarin), 頹廢 (Chinese Mandarin), 颓废 (tuífèi) (Chinese Mandarin), legryas [masculine] (Cornish), dekadence [feminine] (Czech), úpadek (Czech), dekadence [common-gender] (Danish), forfald [neuter] (Danish), dekadenssi (Finnish), moraalinen mädännäisyys (Finnish), décadence [feminine] (French), décadentisme [masculine] (French), დაკნინება (daḳnineba) (Georgian), დაქვეითება (dakveiteba) (Georgian), დაცემა (dacema) (Georgian), დეკადენტობა (deḳadenṭoba) (Georgian), Dekadenz [feminine] (German), κραιπάλη (kraipáli) [feminine] (Greek), κατάπτωση (katáptosi) [feminine] (Greek), पतन (patan) (Hindi), ह्रास (hrās) (Hindi), ह्रासोन्मुखता (hrāsonmukhtā) (Hindi), क्षयिष्णुता (kṣayiṣṇutā) (Hindi), गिरावट (girāvaṭ) (Hindi), hanyatlás (Hungarian), meath [masculine] (Irish), decadenza [feminine] (Italian), decadentismo [masculine] (Italian), デカダンス (dekadansu) (Japanese), 退廃 (taihai) (alt: たいはい) (Japanese), декаденттік (dekadenttık) (Kazakh), декадентшілдік (dekadentşıldık) (Kazakh), 데카당스 (dekadangseu) (Korean), 퇴폐 (toepye) (alt: 頹廢) (Korean), núosmukis [masculine] (Lithuanian), пропа́ѓање (propáǵanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), декаде́нција (dekadéncija) [feminine] (Macedonian), dekadanse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dekadanse [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), decadência [feminine] (Portuguese), decadență [feminine] (Romanian), декада́нс (dɛkadáns) [masculine] (Russian), декаде́нтство (dɛkadéntstvo) [neuter] (Russian), упа́дочничество (upádočničestvo) [neuter] (Russian), упа́док (upádok) [masculine] (Russian), упа́дничество (upádničestvo) [neuter] (Russian), dekadencija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dekadansa [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), propadanje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), dekadenca [feminine] (Slovene), decadencia [feminine] (Spanish), dekadans [common-gender] (Swedish), förfall [neuter] (Swedish), ความเสื่อมโทรม (kwaam-sʉ̀ʉam-soom) (Thai), декада́нс (dekadáns) [masculine] (Ukrainian), декаде́нтство (dekadéntstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), занепа́дництво (zanepádnyctvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-decadence-en-noun--y9IRYYe Disambiguation of 'state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration': 96 4
  2. The quality of being luxuriously self-indulgent. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-decadence-en-noun-sMCclSYZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: decadent, deciduous

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          "word": "დეკადენტობა"
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          "roman": "girāvaṭ",
          "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
          "word": "गिरावट"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
          "word": "hanyatlás"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "meath"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "decadenza"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "decadentismo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "dekadansu",
          "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
          "word": "デカダンス"
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          "alt": "たいはい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "taihai",
          "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
          "word": "退廃"
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          "code": "kk",
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          "roman": "dekadenttık",
          "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
          "word": "декаденттік"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "dekadentşıldık",
          "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
          "word": "декадентшілдік"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dekadangseu",
          "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
          "word": "데카당스"
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          "alt": "頹廢",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "toepye",
          "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
          "word": "퇴폐"
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          "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
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          "word": "núosmukis"
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          "roman": "propáǵanje",
          "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
          "tags": [
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        {
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          "code": "mk",
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          "roman": "dekadéncija",
          "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "word": "декада́нс"
        },
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          "word": "декаде́нтство"
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          "roman": "upádočničestvo",
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          "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
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          "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dekadenca"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "decadencia"
        },
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          "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
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      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "word": "moraalinen mädännäisyys"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "word": "დაკნინება"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "word": "დაცემა"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "meath"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "decadenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "word": "デカダンス"
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      "alt": "たいはい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "taihai",
      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "word": "退廃"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "word": "декаденттік"
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    {
      "code": "kk",
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      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "word": "декадентшілдік"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dekadangseu",
      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "word": "데카당스"
    },
    {
      "alt": "頹廢",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "toepye",
      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "word": "퇴폐"
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    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "mk",
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      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "пропа́ѓање"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dekadéncija",
      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "декаде́нција"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dekadanse"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dekadanse"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "decadência"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "decadență"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dɛkadáns",
      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "декада́нс"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dɛkadéntstvo",
      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "декаде́нтство"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "упа́дочничество"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "упа́дничество"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dekadencija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "propadanje"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "dekadenca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
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      "word": "dekadans"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "förfall"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kwaam-sʉ̀ʉam-soom",
      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "word": "ความเสื่อมโทรม"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "декада́нс"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "word": "декаде́нтство"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "zanepádnyctvo",
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      "word": "занепа́дництво"
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