decadence
noun
the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay.
decadency
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a variation of
decadence.
Example Sentences
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"Good boys and girls" we've all become, and modern men and maidens see The world with such prosaic eyes, Romance is in decadency!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
But as it was, it has only served to show that his mind had suffered by the decadency of his circumstances, and how much the idea of self-exaltation weakly entered into all his plans.
From The Life of Lord Byron by John Galt
Sometimes, and with a sharp effect of contrast, occurred prosperous squares; but even these, with their houses so uniformly tall and ocherous, delivered a presage of irremediable decadency.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
