decadency

decadency
noun Date: 1632 decadence 1

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  • decadency — n. immorality; decadence; state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities …   English contemporary dictionary

  • decadency — n. See decadence …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • decadency — dec·a·den·cy …   English syllables

  • decadency — noun the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities • Syn: ↑degeneracy, ↑degeneration, ↑decadence • Derivationally related forms: ↑decadent, ↑decadent (for: ↑decadence), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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  • degeneracy — noun 1. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles the luxury and corruption among the upper classes moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity Rome had fallen into moral… …   Useful english dictionary

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