decadency
Gradual cultural decline
Decadency is a rare variant of decadence, referring to a state of moral or cultural decline, or excessive indulgence in pleasure and luxury.
The word appears occasionally in older texts but has largely fallen out of use in favor of decadence.
When encountered, it carries the same connotations of deterioration from former excellence or vitality.
The decadency of the ruling class hastened the empire's collapse.
Showy, abundant prosperity
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- sumptuousnessExtreme costly elegance
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- indulgenceYielding to desire
excess · splendor · gilded · velvet · champagne · caviar · overripeness · richness
Profound moral corruption
- viceBad habit or deputy
- immoralityQuality of being wicked
- degeneracyMoral or physical decline
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
profligacy · dissipation · licentiousness · debauchery · libertinism · corruption · sinfulness · turpitude
Process of declining quality
- degenerationProgressive loss of function
- downfallSudden loss of power
- waneDecrease gradually
- atrophyWasting from disuse
erosion · degradation · collapse · diminishment · weakening · ebb · regression · descent
opulence
Showy, abundant prosperity
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- sumptuousnessExtreme costly elegance
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
indulgence · excess · splendor · gilded · velvet · champagne · caviar · overripeness · richness · ornate
depravity
Profound moral corruption
- viceBad habit or deputy
- immoralityQuality of being wicked
- degeneracyMoral or physical decline
wickedness · profligacy · dissipation · licentiousness · debauchery · libertinism · corruption · sinfulness · turpitude · excess
deterioration
Process of declining quality
- degenerationProgressive loss of function
- downfallSudden loss of power
- waneDecrease gradually
atrophy · erosion · degradation · collapse · diminishment · weakening · ebb · regression · descent · crumbling
decadencyvirtue
Moral goodness or merit
morality · righteousness · goodness · uprightness · integrity
decadencyflourishing
Prospering vigorously
vigor · vitality · ascendancy · development · progress
decadencyasceticism
Severe self-denial practice
austerity · temperance · self-discipline · moderation · abstemiousness
- Roman decadenceAncient empire's corrupt luxury