名詞 decadence:

1. the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
   同義詞：degeneracy, degeneration, decadency

1. A member of the Decadence movement.
   頹廢派藝術家頹廢派運動的一員

dec.a.dence

n.（名詞）
A process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline, as in morals or art; decay.
墮落：在道德或藝術方面變壞，或衰落的過程、條件、或期間；衰敗
Often Decadence A literary movement especially of late 9th-century France and England characterized by refined aestheticism, artifice, and the quest for new sensations.
常作 Decadence 頹廢派文藝：尤指9世紀末期法國和英國的一個文學運動，以文雅的美學、技巧和追求新感覺為特征

來源：
French décadence
法語 décadence
from Old French decadence
源自 古法語 decadence
from Medieval Latin dôcadentia [a decaying, declining]
源自 中世紀拉丁語 dôcadentia [衰敗，衰落]
from Vulgar Latin *dôcadere [to decay] * see decay
源自 俗拉丁語 *dôcadere [腐敗] *參見 decay