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A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay / The quality of being luxuriously self-indulgent.

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decadence

Source Word

decadence

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

countable uncountable

A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay / The quality of being luxuriously self-indulgent.

Japanese Meaning

道徳または芸術の衰退、退廃 / 贅沢な自己陶酔、享楽的な堕落

Many critics warned that the country's obsession with luxury signaled a dangerous decadence.

多くの評論家は、その国の贅沢への執着が深刻な道徳的・芸術的退廃を示していると警告した。

Sense（1）

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.

Sense（2）

The quality of being luxuriously self-indulgent.

the decadence of a five-star hotel

decadences

（ plural ）