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decadencia — meaning in English

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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.
  • decline verb To become weaker, smaller, or worse over time.
  • downfall noun A sudden loss of power, status, or success.
  • fall verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.

Senses

decadencia 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.
  • decline A deterioration of condition; a weakening or worsening.
  • downfall A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
  • fall (chiefly, North America, archaic in Britain) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice. [from 16th c.]

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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