decadence
21DÉCADENCE — n. f. Commencement de dégradation, d’abaissement. La décadence d’une ville, d’un empire. La décadence des affaires d’un état. La décadence des lettres. Il se dit spécialement des Derniers siècles de l’Empire romain. Les Romains de la décadence.… …
22Décadence — Dekadenzdichtung (frz. décadence=Verfall) ist die vage und umstrittene Bezeichnung für eine Vielzahl an literarischen Strömungen und Einzelwerken um die Jahrhundertwende (1900), deren Gemeinsamkeit in ihrer entschiedenen Ablehnung des… …
23Décadence — GUIZOT (François) Bio express : Homme politique et historien français (1787 1874) «Le mépris du travail, l orgueil de l oisiveté sont des signes certains, ou que la société est sous l emprise de la force brutale, ou qu elle… …
24decadence — I. Decadence, Cherchez Dechoir. II. Mes biens vont en decadence, Delabitur res mea familiaris. Tombant en decadence, Caducus …
25decadence — dec|a|dence [ dekədəns ] noun uncount 1. ) behavior that is considered immoral because it concentrates too much on pleasure: a life of sexual decadence 2. ) so much pleasure that it almost seems morally wrong: Eating like that every night is pure …
26decadence — noun 1) the decadence of modern society Syn: dissipation, degeneracy, debauchery, corruption, depravity, vice, sin, moral decay, immorality; immoderateness, intemperance, licentiousness, self indulgence, hedonism Ant …
27decadence — UK [ˈdekəd(ə)ns] / US [ˈdekədəns] noun [uncountable] 1) behaviour that is considered immoral because it concentrates too much on pleasure a life of sexual decadence 2) so much pleasure that it almost seems morally wrong Eating like that every… …
28decadence — /dek euh deuhns, di kayd ns/, n. 1. the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay: Some historians hold that the fall of Rome can be attributed to internal decadence. 2. moral degeneration or decay;… …
29decadence — noun 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. See Also: decadent, decay …
30decadence — dec|a|dence [ˈdekədəns] n [U] [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: décadence, from Latin decadere to fall, sink ] behaviour that shows that someone has low moral standards and is more concerned with pleasure than serious matters …
