Definition of Decadency

1. Noun. The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities.

Exact synonyms: Decadence, Degeneracy, Degeneration
Generic synonyms: Abasement, Abjection, Degradation
Derivative terms: Decadent, Decadent, Degenerate

Definition of Decadency

1. Noun. decadence. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Decadency

1. [n -CIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decadency

decaboranes
decabromodiphenyl ether
decacerata
decachlorobiphenyl
decacyclic
decad
decadal
decadally
decade
decade-long
decade long
decadelong
decadence
decadences
decadencies
decadency (current term)
decadent
decadently
decadents
decades
decadeslong
decadic
decadic dialling
decadienal
decadiene
decadienes
decadist
decadists
decadrachm
decadrachms

Literary usage of Decadency

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Arts in the Middle Ages, and at the Period of the Renaissance by P. L. Jacob, James Dafforne (1870)
"decadency.—Civil and Military Architecture: Castles, Fortified Enclosures, Private Houses, Town-Halls.—Italian Renaissance: Pisa, Florence, Rome. ..."

2. Annual Register (1805)
"T 1IE introduction and improvement of the arts and sciences in an empire, do not occasion' its decadency; but the same causes that accelerate the progress ..."

3. English Synonyms Discriminated by William Taylor (1856)
"decadency, though authorized by Johnson, is seldom employed ; but it may be distinguished ... The decay of cheese, not the decadency. Of a cadaverous man, ..."

4. A Manual of Pathological Anatomy by Karl Rokitansky (1854)
"Other processes of cure present, however, greater interest, bearing the character of an involution, a decadency of the cancer. Such are: 1. ..."

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