decadence
noun
[ ˈdɛkəd(ə)ns ]
• moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury.
• "he denounced Western decadence"
Similar:
dissipation,
dissoluteness,
degeneracy,
debauchery,
corruption,
depravity,
loucheness,
vice,
sinfulness,
perversion,
moral decay,
immorality,
lack of morals,
lack of principles,
lack of restraint,
lack of control,
lack of self-control,
immoderateness,
intemperance,
licentiousness,
wantonness,
self-indulgence,
hedonism,
epicureanism,
sybaritism,
voluptuousness,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from French décadence, from medieval Latin decadentia ; related to decay.
