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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Decadence \De*ca"dence\, Decadency \De*ca"den*cy\, n. [LL.
decadentia; L. de- + cadere to fall: cf. F. d['e]cadence. See
Decay.]
A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. ``The old
castle, where the family lived in their decadence.''
--Sir W.
Scott.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1540s, from Middle French décadence (early 15c.), from Medieval Latin decadentia "decay," from decadentem (nominative decadens) "decaying," present participle of decadere "to decay," from Latin de- "apart, down" (see de-) + cadere "to fall" (see case (n.1)). Used of periods in art since 1852, on French model.
Wiktionary
n. A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay
WordNet
n. the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities [syn: degeneracy, degeneration, decadency]
Wikipedia
The word decadence, which at first meant simply "decline" in an abstract sense, is now most often used to refer to a perceived decay in standards, morals, dignity, religious faith, or skill at governing among the members of the elite of a very large social structure, such as an empire or nation state. By extension, it may refer to a decline in art, literature, science, technology, and work ethics, or (very loosely) to self-indulgent behaviour.
Usage of the term frequently implies moral censure, or an acceptance of the idea, met with throughout the world since ancient times, that such declines are objectively observable and that they inevitably precede the destruction of the society in question; for this reason, modern historians use it with caution. The word originated in Medieval Latin (dēcadentia), appeared in 16th-century French, and entered English soon afterwards. It bore the neutral meaning of decay, decrease, or decline until the late 19th century, when the influence of new theories of social degeneration contributed to its modern meaning.
In literature, the Decadent movement—late nineteenth century fin de siècle writers who were associated with Symbolism or the Aesthetic movement—was first given its name by hostile critics. Later it was triumphantly adopted by some of the writers themselves. The Decadents praised artifice over nature and sophistication over simplicity, defying contemporary discourses of decline by embracing subjects and styles that their critics considered morbid and over-refined. Some of these writers were influenced by the tradition of the Gothic novel and by the poetry and fiction of Edgar Allan Poe.
Decadence is the debut album by New York dance-punk group Head Automatica. It was released in 2004 on Warner Bros. Records.
Decadence was a melodic thrash metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in November 2003.
Decadence: The Meaninglessness of Modern Life is a six-part television documentary series commissioned by SBS Independent and produced by Fork Films. The series is hosted by Pria Viswalingam, who is best known for his work on the travel show A Fork in the Road. Decadence was originally broadcast on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) of Australia in 2006 in the form of six, thirty-minute-long episodes (including advertisements). It was re-screened again in 2007 as part of the SBS season on globalisation.
The series examined the decadence and meaninglessness of modern, western life. It is also posed the question: 'If we live in such a great and prosperous world, and we are living longer, better, and healthier than before, why are we so unhappy?' There were interviews with prominent experts and leaders in their fields throughout the series including John Tirman, Avner Offer, Susan Greenfield, Phillip Knightley, Kishore Mahbubani, Noam Chomsky, and John Spong.
Decadence is a 1994 British film starring Joan Collins and Steven Berkoff, written and directed by Berkoff and based on his play of the same name.
It was filmed entirely in Luxembourg and featured, as guest stars, Christopher Biggins, Marc Sinden and Michael Winner.
Decadence may refer to:
- Decadence, a personal trait, or to the state of a society (or segment of it)
- Decadence (band), a Swedish metal band
- Decadence (SBS TV), a television documentary
- Decadence (album), an album by Head Automatica
- "Decadence", a song by Pet Shop Boys from the album Alternative
- "Decadence", a song by Disturbed
- Decadence, a play by Steven Berkoff
- Decadence (film), a film by Steven Berkoff
- Decadent movement, an art movement of the late 19th century
Usage examples of "decadence".
They have brought in materialism, atheism, class war, weak happiness ideals, race suicide, social atomism, racial promiscuity, decadence in the arts, erotomania, disintegration of the family, private and public dishonor, slatternly feminism, economic fluctuation and catastrophe, civil war in the family of Europe, planned degeneration of the youth through vile films and literature, and through neurotic doctrines in education.
In the sphere of Society, opposing the chaos of atomism, feminism, disintegration of home and family, race-suicide, and universal decadence, arose the idea of race-ascendancy, fertility, the preservation and integration of society, the return to social health.
Once we got to Danse Macabre, all bets would be off, but then people expected decadence at a vampire-run dance club.
Mel was the eschatological counselor of the Cozzano clan, drafter of wills, executor of estates, godfather of children, and if the whole world turned to decadence and strife one day and civilization collapsed, and Dad were trapped on a hilltop surrounded by the heathen, Mel would shoot himself in the head so that Dad could use his corpse as a rampart.
If that were the case then someday, possibly in the next rising period of history, when this Decadence was past and the planets were being colonized and the world at peace, a dental historian would mention Eigenvalue in a footnote as Patron of the Arts, discreet physician to the neo-Jacobean school.
Rome was cut off from intimate relations with the provinces by the inwandering of barbarians, intellectual decadence began.
Denis, 14th century France relived the decadence of Rome, and indeed the knighting of little boys was not so far removed from the emperor who made a Consul of his horse.
The Clerics described a paganistic, morally lax Federation anxious to export their decadence throughout the galaxy.
The most of these followers find classification under the Mannerists of the Decadence.
Italy--imitating not the best models either, but the Mannerists, the Eclectics, and the Roman painters of the Decadence.
He had seen the station thousands of times on his way from or to his small apartment and had long since decided that he preferred the more modern, efficient stations of the outer metro lines to this reminder of an earlier decadence.
Debussy nor Scriabine, no Strawinsky nor Bloch, put in appearance, one might possibly have found oneself compelled to believe the mournful decadence of Richard Strauss the inevitable development awaiting musical genius in the modern world.
He starts out his career at an all-girl opium den in Charlottenburg, almost within sight of the statue of Wernher Siemens, burning up in a sconce, one among many bulbs witnessing the more languorous forms of Republican decadence.
Union against aggression or decadence, is one of the most conspicuous features in the debates of the various State Conventions by which the Constitution was ratified.
Except where the work is peculiarly adapted to women or there is a special individual aptitude, such work will, for the reasons we have set forth, operate dysgenically and therefore bring about the decadence of the race which practices it.