decadences
Periods of excess
Decadences is the plural of decadence, referring to multiple instances or types of moral or cultural decline.
The word typically describes periods or examples of excessive self-indulgence and decay in standards: the decadences of late imperial Rome, various artistic decadences throughout history.
Less commonly, it names specific indulgent pleasures: chocolate truffles and other decadences.
Excessive self-granted pleasures
- debaucheriesEpisodes of excessive indulgence
- dissipationsWasteful, intemperate behaviors
- corruptionsDebasements of purity
- depravitiesMorally corrupt acts
excesses · immoralities · vices · degeneracies · dissolutions · perversions · licentiousness · profligacy
Wasteful or lavish expenditures
- opulencesPlural forms of lavishness
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- indulgencesExcessive self-granted pleasures
- excessesImmoderate amounts or behaviors
splurges · luxuries · overindulgences · sumptuousness · richness · chocolates · champagnes · truffles
indulgences
Excessive self-granted pleasures
- debaucheriesEpisodes of excessive indulgence
- dissipationsWasteful, intemperate behaviors
- corruptionsDebasements of purity
depravities · excesses · immoralities · vices · degeneracies · dissolutions · perversions · licentiousness · profligacy · wantonness
extravagances
Wasteful or lavish expenditures
- opulencesPlural forms of lavishness
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- indulgencesExcessive self-granted pleasures
excesses · splurges · luxuries · overindulgences · sumptuousness · richness · chocolates · champagnes · truffles · caviar
declines
Refuses or diminishes
- fallsDescends or declines
- deteriorationsProcesses of worsening
- collapsesSuddenly falls inward
downfalls · ruin · crumblings · twilights · endings · Roman · Byzantine · empires · dynasties · epochs
decadencesvirtue
Moral goodness or merit
virtues · morality · righteousness · probity · rectitude
decadencesausterity
Enforced economic stringency
austerities · asceticism · frugality · abstinence · self-denial
decadencesrenaissances
Cultural or artistic revivals
flourishing · golden ages · revivals · ascendancies · prosperities
- Roman decadenceAncient empire's corrupt luxury