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Showing words for DECADENCY using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Decadency

decadency

8 Letter Words for Decadency

accended, cadenced

7 Letter Words for Decadency

acceded, cadence, cadency, decayed, decency, denayed

6 Letter Words for Decadency

accede, accend, danced, dancey, deaden, deaned, decade, decane, decyne, yeaned

5 Letter Words for Decadency

acedy, acned, anded, cadee, candy, caned, ceded, cycad, dance, dancy, dandy, deady, decad, decan, decay, deedy, deeny, denay, denda, eaned, encyc, ended, neddy, needy

4 Letter Words for Decadency

acce, aced, acne, addn, aden, ance, ayen, ayne, cace, cade, cady, canc, cand, cane, cany, ceca, cede, cene, cyan, dace, dade, dand, dane, dead, dean, decd, deda, deed, deen, dene, deny, dyad, dyce, dyed, dyne, ecad, ecce, edda, eddy, edea, eden, ency, ende, ened, eyed, eyen, eyne, nace, need, nyed, yade, yead, yean, yede, yeed

3 Letter Words for Decadency

acc, ace, acy, adc, add, ade, ady, anc, and, ane, any, aye, cad, can, cay, cee, cen, cyc, dad, dae, dan, day, dca, dea, dec, ded, dee, den, dey, dna, dye, dyn, ead, ean, ecc, edd, eec, een, enc, end, ene, eye, eyn, nad, nae, nay, nea, ned, nee, nye, yad, yan, yea, yed, yee, yen

Definitions for Decadency

[1] the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay: Some historians hold that the fall of Rome can be attributed to internal decadence.
[2] moral degeneration or decay; turpitude.
[3] unrestrained or excessive self-indulgence.
[4] (often initial capital letter ) the decadent movement in literature.
[5] deterioration, esp of morality or culture; decay; degeneration
[6] the state reached through such a process

Words related to Decadency

decadencedecay, decline, degeneracy, decadence, declination, degeneration, declension, decaying

Words nearby Decadency

decadencedec., deca-, decadal, decade, decadelong, decadence, decadent, decadrachm, decadron, decaf, decaffeinate

Origin of Decadency

e1540–50; < Middle French < Medieval Latin dēcadentia, equivalent to Late Latin dēcadent- (stem of dēcadēns ), present participle of dēcadere to fall away (de- de- +cad(ere ) to fall + -ent- -ent) + -ia noun suffix; see -ence

Other words from Decadency

non·dec·a·dence , noun
non·dec·a·den·cy , noun
o·ver·dec·a·dence , noun

Word origin for Decadency

eC16: from French, from Medieval Latin dēcadentia, literally: a falling away; see decay

Synonyms for Decadency

decadence, decay, declination, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, worsening, decaying