decadence

n. 颓废

dec.a.dence

n.（名词）
A process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline, as in morals or art; decay.
堕落：在道德或艺术方面变坏，或衰落的过程、条件、或期间；衰败
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 颓废派文艺：尤指9世纪末期法国和英国的一个文学运动，以文雅的美学、技巧和追求新感觉为特征

来源：
French décadence
法语 décadence
from Old French decadence
源自 古法语 decadence
from Medieval Latin dôcadentia [a decaying, declining]
源自 中世纪拉丁语 dôcadentia [衰败，衰落]
from Vulgar Latin *dôcadere [to decay] * see decay
源自 俗拉丁语 *dôcadere [腐败] *参见 decay