Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Decadence.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
decadence .
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- noun
decadence .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
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Examples
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These are not just paintings of big food, they are portraits of gargantuan decadency.
Evelyne Politanoff: Pantagruelian and Decadent -- Mary Ellen Johnson's Paintings of Big Food Evelyne Politanoff 2012
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These are not just paintings of big food, they are portraits of gargantuan decadency.
Evelyne Politanoff: Pantagruelian and Decadent -- Mary Ellen Johnson's Paintings of Big Food Evelyne Politanoff 2012
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Capitalism and democracy seem to be suffering from a strong crisis of identity, of declining importance and decadency.
Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort: The Elegant Revolution Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort 2010
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Capitalism and democracy seem to be suffering from a strong crisis of identity, of declining importance and decadency.
Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort: The Elegant Revolution Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort 2010
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Capitalism and democracy seem to be suffering from a strong crisis of identity, of declining importance and decadency.
Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort: The Elegant Revolution Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort 2010
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Faced with rising neopaganism, the decadency of customs in Rome and Florence, it was enough to ask that people follow the Gospel to be branded as severe censors.
Archive 2006-08-20 Terry Nelson 2006
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Faced with rising neopaganism, the decadency of customs in Rome and Florence, it was enough to ask that people follow the Gospel to be branded as severe censors.
Some people think he is a saint... Terry Nelson 2006
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He further indicated that "the ANC will make sure that we earned the Sodom and Gomorra that has led to moral decadency in our society".
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He further indicated that "the ANC will make sure that we earned the Sodom and Gomorra that has led to moral decadency in our society".
ANC OPENS THE 4TH PROVINCIAL CONFERENCE IN CONCORDIA, NAMAQUALAND 2001
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The world with such prosaic eyes, Romance is in decadency!
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893 Various 1876
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