decadència — meaning in English

English meaning

• decadence noun A state of moral or cultural decline, often linked to excessive luxury or self-indulgence.
• decay verb To rot or gradually break down, especially of organic matter.

Senses

decadència is used for these senses in English:

• decadence A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay
• decay A deterioration of condition; loss of status, quality, strength, or fortune.

decadence — full definition

1. noun A state of moral or cultural decline, often linked to excessive luxury or self-indulgence.
2. noun Luxurious self-indulgence, without necessarily implying moral decline.

decay — full definition

1. verb To rot or gradually break down, especially of organic matter.
2. verb To decline gradually in quality, strength, or condition.
3. noun The process or result of rotting or gradual deterioration.
4. noun In physics, the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus or particle breaks down over time.

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